Device sharing method and electronic device

ABSTRACT

A first device obtains a public key of a first home device and a first message leaving key that is used to encrypt an offline message between the first device and the first home device; obtains a public key of a second device and a second message leaving key that is used to encrypt an offline message between the first device and the second device; obtains a third message leaving key used to encrypt an offline message between the second device and the first home device; encrypts the public key of the second device and the third message leaving key by using the first message leaving key, to obtain first encrypted information, and requests a server to push the first encrypted information to the first home device; and encrypts the public key of the first home device and the third message leaving key by using the second message leaving key.

This application is a national stage of International Application No.PCT/CN2020/124926, filed on Oct. 29, 2020, which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 201911415938.9, filed on Dec. 31, 2019.Both of the aforementioned applications are hereby incorporated byreference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of this application relate to the field of communicationstechnologies and the field of smart home technologies, and inparticular, to a device sharing method and an electronic device.

BACKGROUND

With development of an electronic information technology, a smart homegradually enters people's daily life. The smart home may use a house asa platform to integrate home devices related to home life forcontrolling over a wireless local area network such as a wirelessfidelity (Wi-Fi) network, to improve home security, convenience, andcomfort.

Specifically, a management application (app) for controlling a homedevice may be installed on an electronic device (such as a mobile phoneor a tablet computer) of a user. A prerequisite for controlling the homedevice by using the management app is that the electronic device and thehome device exchange respective public keys by using the management app.

After exchanging the respective public keys, the electronic device andthe home device can perform signature verification on respectivesignaling by using the respective public keys, so that normalcommunication can be performed. The electronic device and the homedevice may complete the public key exchange in the following manners:Manner (1): The management app in the electronic device is bound to thehome device to complete the public key exchange; and Manner (2): Theelectronic device receives sharing of another electronic device tocomplete the public key exchange.

In Manner (2), a management app (a sharing client for short) in theelectronic device on a sharing side, the management app (an acceptanceclient for short) in the electronic device on a sharing acceptance side,and the home device need to be online at the same time to complete thepublic key exchange between the acceptance client and the home device.If any one of the sharing client, the acceptance client, and the homedevice is not online, the public key exchange cannot be completed, andconsequently sharing of the home device cannot be completed. In otherwords, offline sharing of the home device cannot be completed.

SUMMARY

This application provides a device sharing method and an electronicdevice, to implement offline sharing of a home device.

According to a first aspect, this application provides a device sharingmethod. The method may be used by a first device to share a home devicewith a second device. A first app is installed on the first device, andthe first app is logged in to by using a first account.

The device sharing method may include: The first device obtains a firstmessage leaving key used for encryption; the first device obtains apublic key of a first home device; the first device obtains a secondmessage leaving key and a public key of a second account associated withthe second device; the first device obtains a third message leaving keyused for encryption; the first device encrypts the public key of thesecond account and the third message leaving key by using the firstmessage leaving key, to obtain first encrypted information, and requestsa server to push the first encrypted information to the first homedevice; and the first device encrypts the public key of the first homedevice and the third message leaving key by using the second messageleaving key, to obtain second encrypted information, and requests theserver to push the second encrypted information to the second device.

The first message leaving key is used to encrypt an offline messagebetween the first device and the first home device. The second messageleaving key is used to encrypt an offline message between the firstdevice and the second device. The third message leaving key is used toencrypt an offline message between the second device and the first homedevice. The public key of the first home device is used to performverification on an online message from the first home device. The secondaccount is an account associated with the first app installed on thesecond device, and the public key of the second account is used toperform verification on an online message from the second device. Apublic key of the first account is used to perform verification on anonline message from the first device.

It should be noted that an “online message” between two devices in thisapplication is a message transmitted when the two devices are both in anonline state. For example, an “online message” between the second deviceand the first home device is a message transmitted between the seconddevice and the first home device through the first app when the firstapp in the second device is logged in to by using an account (forexample, the second account) and both the second device and the firsthome device are in an online state.

In this case, the second device may digitally sign, by using a privatekey of the second account, an online message sent to the first homedevice, and the first home device may perform signature verification onthe online message from the second device by using the public key of thesecond account. Similarly, the first home device may digitally sign, byusing a private key of the first home device, an online message sent tothe second device, and the second device may perform signatureverification on the online message from the first home device by usingthe public key of the first home device.

An “offline message” between two devices in this application is amessage sent by a device in an online state to a device in an offlinestate when one of the two devices is in an online state and the otherdevice is in an offline state.

For example, an “offline message” sent by the first home device to thesecond device is a message sent by the first home device to the seconddevice through the first app when the first home device is in an onlinestate and the second device is in an offline state because the first appin the second device is not logged in to by using an account (forexample, the second account). In this case, the first home device mayencrypt, by using the third message leaving key, the offline messagetransmitted to the second device, and the second device may decrypt theoffline message from the first home device by using the third messageleaving key.

For another example, an “offline message” sent by the second device tothe first home device is a message sent by the second device to thefirst home device through the first app when the first home device is inan offline state and the second device is in an online state because thefirst app in the second device is logged in to by using an account (forexample, the second account). In this case, the second device mayencrypt, by using the third message leaving key, the offline messagetransmitted to the first home device, and the first home device maydecrypt the offline message from the second device by using the thirdmessage leaving key.

After the first device requests the server to push the first encryptedinformation including the public key of the second account and the thirdmessage leaving key to the first home device, the first home device mayobtain the public key of the second account and the third messageleaving key. After the first device requests the server to push thesecond encrypted information including the public key of the first homedevice and the third message leaving key to the second device, thesecond device may obtain the first home device of the second account andthe third message leaving key.

It can be learned from the foregoing descriptions that the first homedevice can perform online and offline communication with the seconddevice after obtaining a public key of the second device (that is, thepublic key of the second account) and the third message leaving key, andthe second device can perform online and offline communication with thefirst home device after obtaining the public key of the first homedevice and the third message leaving key. In other words, according tothe method in this embodiment of this application, the first device mayshare the first home device with the second device, so that the seconddevice obtains control of the first home device.

In addition, even if the first home device is offline, the first devicemay request, by using an offline message, the server to push the firstencrypted information to the first home device. Even if the seconddevice is offline, the first device may request, by using an offlinemessage, the server to push the second encrypted information to thesecond device. In other words, even if either the first home device orthe second device is offline, the first device may share the first homedevice with the second device. Therefore, the method in this embodimentof this application can implement offline sharing of a home device.

Further, the first device may encrypt the public key of the secondaccount and the third message leaving key by using the first messageleaving key (that is, a message leaving key used to encrypt the offlinemessage between the first device and the first home device), and afterobtaining the first encrypted information, request the server to pushthe first encrypted information to the first home device. The firstdevice may encrypt the public key of the first home device and the thirdmessage leaving key by using the second message leaving key (that is, amessage leaving key used to encrypt the offline message between thefirst device and the second device), and after obtaining the secondencrypted information, request the server to push the second encryptedinformation to the second device.

The first encrypted information is obtained through encryption by usingthe first message leaving key. The first message leaving key is used toencrypt the offline message between the first device and the first homedevice. Both the first device and the first home device learn of thefirst message leaving key, but another device (for example, the server)does not learn of the first message leaving key. In this case, theserver cannot decrypt the first encrypted information, and thereforecannot learn of the public key of the second account and the thirdmessage leaving key, so that user information security can be protected.

The second encrypted information is obtained through encryption by usingthe second message leaving key. The second message leaving key is usedto encrypt the offline message between the first device and the seconddevice. Both the first device and the second device learn of the secondmessage leaving key, but another device (for example, the server) doesnot learn of the second message leaving key. In this case, the servercannot decode the second encrypted information, and therefore cannotlearn of the public key of the first home device and the third messageleaving key, so that user information security can be protected.

In one embodiment, that the first device obtains a public key of a firsthome device may include: The first device accesses a first wirelessnetwork provided by the first home device; the first device negotiates ashared key with the first home device over the first wireless network byusing a password authenticated key exchange (password authenticated keyexchange, PAKE) protocol; the first device receives third encryptedinformation from the first home device over the first wireless network,where the third encrypted information is obtained by encrypting thepublic key of the first home device by using the shared key; and thefirst device decrypts the third encrypted information by using theshared key, to obtain the public key of the first home device.

The first wireless network provided by the first home device is anunencrypted wireless network and consequently is an insecure network.Therefore, in addition to the first device, another device locatedaround the first home device may also find the first wireless networkand access the first wireless network. The another device may negotiatea shared key with the first home device, to implement binding to thefirst home device. In this embodiment of this application, using thePAKE protocol to negotiate the shared key can prevent another devicefrom being bound to the first home device. In addition, using the sharedkey to encrypt the public key of the first home device can preventanother device from learning of the public key of the first home device,so that user information security can be protected.

In one embodiment, that the first device obtains a first message leavingkey may include: The first device generates the first message leavingkey. For example, the first device may randomly generate the firstmessage leaving key. In one embodiment, that the first device obtains afirst message leaving key may include: The first device receives thefirst message leaving key that is set by a user.

The device sharing method may further include: The first device encryptsthe public key of the first account, the first message leaving key, andaccess information of a second wireless network by using the shared key,to obtain fourth encrypted information; and the first device sends thefourth encrypted information to the first home device over the firstwireless network. The access information includes an identifier and anaccess password of the second wireless network. The public key of thefirst account is used to perform verification on the online message fromthe first device.

The shared key is negotiated by the first device and the first homedevice by using the PAKE protocol, and another device does not learn ofthe shared key. Therefore, the public key of the first account, thefirst message leaving key, and the access information of the secondwireless network are encrypted by using the shared key, so that userinformation security can be protected.

In one embodiment, the device sharing method may further include: Thefirst device obtains verification information of the second device; andthe first device obtains a shared block from the server based on thesecond account.

The verification information includes the second account and the sharedkey. For example, the verification information may include any one ofthe following forms: a two-dimensional code, a bar code, or anelectronic label. The foregoing shared block is obtained by the seconddevice by encrypting the public key of the second account and the secondmessage leaving key by using the shared key, and is uploaded to theserver.

That the first device obtains a second message leaving key and a publickey of the second account may include: The first device decrypts theshared block by using the shared key, to obtain the public key of thesecond account and the second message leaving key.

The shared key is included in the verification information. The firstdevice may obtain the verification information of the second device, toobtain the second account and the shared key. In other words, only thefirst device and the second device learn of the shared key, and anotherdevice (for example, the server) does not learn of the shared key.Therefore, the second device uploads the shared block to the server.However, the shared block is obtained by encrypting the public key ofthe second account and the second message leaving key by using theshared key. The server does not learn of the shared key, and cannotdecrypt the shared block. Therefore, the server cannot obtain the publickey of the second account and the second message leaving key. In thisway, user information security can be protected.

In one embodiment, the method may further include: The first devicedisplays a first interface of the first app, where the first interfaceis used to manage one or more home devices; the first device receives afirst operation performed by a user on a first interface, where thefirst operation is used to trigger the first device to share the firsthome device with the second device; and in response to the firstoperation, the first device sends a first request message to the server,where the first request message is used to request the server toindicate the second device to generate the verification information andupload the shared block to the server.

In one embodiment, the method further includes: In response to the firstoperation, the first device generates a second challenge code for thesecond account, where the first request message further includes thesecond challenge code.

In one embodiment, the shared block further includes a first challengecode. Generally, if the server does not tamper with the second challengecode from the first device, the first challenge code is the same as thesecond challenge code. However, if the server tampers with the secondchallenge code from the first device, the first challenge code isdifferent from the second challenge code. The server may tamper with thesecond challenge code from the first device, and send a tampered firstchallenge code to the second device that is logged in to by using thesecond account. The server may further tamper with a sharing-receivingaccount. For example, the server may send the second challenge code toanother account different from the second account.

To prevent the server from tampering with a challenge code or anaccount, after obtaining the first challenge code, the first device maydetermine whether the first challenge code is the second challenge codegenerated by the first device for the second account. Specifically, themethod in this embodiment of this application may further include: Thefirst device decrypts the shared block by using the shared key, toobtain the first challenge code; and the first device determines whetherthe first challenge code is the same as the second challenge code, wherethe second challenge code is generated by the first device for thesecond account. That the first device obtains a third message leavingkey includes: If the first challenge code is the same as the secondchallenge code, the first device generates the third message leavingkey.

According to a second aspect, this application provides a device sharingmethod. The method is used by a second device to accept a home deviceshared by a first device. A first app is installed on the second device,and the first app is logged in to by using a second account.

The device sharing method may include: The second device obtains asecond message leaving key; the second device receives second encryptedinformation from a server; and the second device decrypts the secondencrypted information by using the second message leaving key, to obtaina public key of a first home device and a third message leaving key.

It should be noted that for detailed descriptions of the secondencrypted information, the second message leaving key, the public key ofthe first home device, and the third message leaving key, refer torelated content in the first aspect and any possible design manner ofthe first aspect. Details are not described herein again in thisembodiment of this application.

It can be learned from the related descriptions in the first aspect thatthe second device can perform online and offline communication with thefirst home device after obtaining the public key of the first homedevice and the third message leaving key. In other words, according tothe method in this embodiment of this application, the second device mayaccept the first home device shared by the first device, and obtaincontrol of the first home device.

In one embodiment, that the second device obtains a second messageleaving key may include: The second device receives a first challengecode from the server; and the second device generates the second messageleaving key. In one embodiment, the second device may further receive asecond message leaving key that is set by a user.

In one embodiment, after the second device receives the first challengecode from the server, the method in this application further includes:The second device generates a shared key; the second device encrypts apublic key of the second account, the first challenge code, and thesecond message leaving key by using the shared key, to obtain a sharedblock; and the second device sends the shared block to the server.

It can be understood that the foregoing shared block is obtained byencrypting the public key of the second account and the second messageleaving key by using the shared key. The server does not learn of theshared key, and cannot decrypt the shared block. Therefore, the servercannot obtain the public key of the second account and the secondmessage leaving key. In this way, user information security can beprotected.

In one embodiment, after the second device receives the first challengecode from the server, the method in this application further includes:The second device generates verification information, and displays theverification information, where the verification information includesthe second account and the shared key. The verification informationincludes at least one of the following forms: a two-dimensional code, abar code, or an electronic label.

It can be understood that, because the verification information includesthe second account and the shared key, the first device may obtain thesecond account and the shared key after obtaining the verificationinformation. In this way, the first device may download the shared blockfrom the server based on the second account, and decrypt the sharedblock by using the shared key, to obtain the public key of the secondaccount, the first challenge code, and the second message leaving key.

According to a third aspect, this application provides a device sharingmethod. The method may be used by a first device to share a home devicewith a second device. The method may include: A first home deviceobtains a first message leaving key; the first home device receivesfirst encrypted information from a server; and the first home devicedecrypts the first encrypted information by using the first messageleaving key, to obtain a public key of a second account and a thirdmessage leaving key.

It should be noted that for detailed descriptions of the first messageleaving key, the first encrypted information, the public key of thesecond account, and the third message leaving key, refer to thedescriptions in the first aspect and the possible design manners of thefirst aspect. Details are not described herein again in this embodimentof this application.

It can be learned from the related descriptions in the first aspect thatthe first home device can perform online and offline communication withthe second device after obtaining a public key of the second device andthe third message leaving key. In other words, according to the methodin this embodiment of this application, the first home device may obtainthe public key of the second account and the third message leaving key,and is controlled by the second device. In other words, the home devicecan be shared.

In one embodiment, that a first home device obtains a first messageleaving key may include: The first home device provides a first wirelessnetwork, and allows the first device to access the first wirelessnetwork; the first home device negotiates a shared key with the firstdevice over the first wireless network by using a PAKE protocol; thefirst home device receives fourth encrypted information from the firstdevice over the first wireless network, where the fourth encryptedinformation is encrypted by using the shared key, and the fourthencrypted information includes the first message leaving key; and thefirst home device decrypts the fourth encrypted information by using theshared key, to obtain the first message leaving key.

The shared key is negotiated by the first device and the first homedevice by using the PAKE protocol, and another device does not learn ofthe shared key. Therefore, the first message leaving key is encrypted byusing the shared key, so that user information security can beprotected.

With reference to the third aspect, in another possible design manner,the fourth encrypted information further includes a public key of afirst account and access information of a second wireless network. Thepublic key of the first account is used to perform verification on anonline message from the first device. The access information includes anidentifier and an access password of the second wireless network. Themethod in this application may further include: The first home deviceaccesses the second wireless network based on the access information ofthe second wireless network. That the first home device receives firstencrypted information from a server includes: The first home devicereceives the first encrypted information from the server over the secondwireless network.

In one embodiment, the method may further include: The first home deviceencrypts a public key of the first home device by using the shared key,to obtain third encrypted information; and the first home device sendsthe third encrypted information to the first device over the firstwireless network. The shared key is negotiated by the first device andthe first home device by using the PAKE protocol, and another devicedoes not learn of the shared key. Therefore, the public key of the firsthome device is encrypted by using the shared key, so that userinformation security can be protected.

According to a fourth aspect, this application provides a device sharingmethod. The method may be used by a first device to share a home devicewith a second device. The method may include: A server receives a secondrequest message from the first device, where the second request messageincludes first encrypted information and an identifier of a first homedevice; in response to the second request message, the server sends thefirst encrypted information to the first home device; the serverreceives a third request message from the first device, where the thirdrequest message includes second encrypted information and a secondaccount; and in response to the third request message, the server sendsthe second encrypted information to the second device after a firstapplication app of the second device is logged in to by using the secondaccount.

It should be noted that for detailed descriptions of the first encryptedinformation, a public key of the second account, a third message leavingkey, the second encrypted information, and a public key of the firsthome device, refer to the descriptions in the first aspect and anypossible design manner of the first aspect. Details are not describedherein again in this application.

After the server sends the first encrypted information including thepublic key of the second account and the third message leaving key tothe first home device, the first home device may obtain the public keyof the second account and the third message leaving key. After theserver sends the second encrypted information including the public keyof the first home device and the third message leaving key to the seconddevice, the second device may obtain the public key of the secondaccount and the third message leaving key.

It can be learned from the foregoing descriptions that the first homedevice can perform online and offline communication with the seconddevice after obtaining a public key of the second device (that is, thepublic key of the second account) and the third message leaving key, andthe second device can perform online and offline communication with thefirst home device after obtaining the public key of the first homedevice and the third message leaving key. In other words, according tothe method in this embodiment of this application, the first device mayshare the first home device with the second device, so that the seconddevice obtains control of the first home device.

In addition, even if the first home device is offline when the serverreceives the second request message, the service may still push thefirst encrypted information to the first home device after the firsthome device goes online. Even if the second device is offline when theserver receives the third request message, the server may still push thesecond encrypted information to the second device after the seconddevice goes online. In other words, even if either the first home deviceor the second device is offline, the first device may share the firsthome device with the second device. In other words, the method in thisembodiment of this application can implement offline sharing of a homedevice.

Further, after obtaining the first encrypted information by encryptingthe public key of the second account and the third message leaving keyby using a first message leaving key (that is, a message leaving keyused to encrypt an offline message between the first device and thefirst home device), the first device may request the server to push thefirst encrypted information to the first home device. After obtainingthe second encrypted information by encrypting the public key of thefirst home device and the third message leaving key by using a secondmessage leaving key (that is, a message leaving key used to encrypt anoffline message between the first device and the second device), thefirst device may request the server to push the second encryptedinformation to the second device.

The first encrypted information is obtained through encryption by usingthe first message leaving key. The first message leaving key is used toencrypt an offline message between the first device and the first homedevice. Both the first device and the first home device learn of thefirst message leaving key, but another device (for example, the server)does not learn of the first message leaving key. In this case, theserver cannot decode the first encrypted information, and thereforecannot learn of the public key of the second account and the thirdmessage leaving key, so that user information security can be protected.

The second encrypted information is obtained through encryption by usingthe second message leaving key. The second message leaving key is usedto encrypt an offline message between the first device and the seconddevice. Both the first device and the second device learn of the secondmessage leaving key, but another device (for example, the server) doesnot learn of the second message leaving key. Therefore, the servercannot decode the second encrypted information, and therefore cannotlearn of the public key of the first home device and the third messageleaving key, so that user information security can be protected.

In one embodiment, the first encrypted information is obtained byencrypting the public key of the first home device and the third messageleaving key by using the second message leaving key. Before the serverreceives the third request message from the first device, the methodfurther includes: The server receives a shared block from the seconddevice, and stores the shared block based on the second account; theserver receives an obtaining request from the first device; and inresponse to the obtaining request, the server sends the shared block tothe first device. The obtaining request is used to obtain the sharedblock corresponding to the second account. The foregoing shared block isencrypted, and the shared block includes the public key of the seconddevice and the second message leaving key.

In one embodiment, before the server receives the shared block from thesecond device, and stores the shared block based on second account, themethod further includes: The server receives a first request messagefrom the first device, where the first request message includes thesecond account and a second challenge code; and in response to the firstrequest message, the server sends a first challenge code to the seconddevice after the first app of the second device is logged in to by usingthe second account, where the first challenge code is the same as thesecond challenge code, the first challenge code is used to indicate thesecond device to upload the shared block to the server, and the sharedblock further includes the first challenge code.

According to a fifth aspect, this application provides an electronicdevice. The electronic device is the foregoing first device, a first appis installed on the first device, and the first app is logged in to byusing a first account. The first device includes a communicationsmodule, a memory, and one or more processors. The communications module,the memory, and the processor are coupled. The memory is configured tostore computer program code, where the computer program code includescomputer instructions. When the computer instructions are executed bythe processor, the first device is enabled to perform the followingoperations: obtaining a first message leaving key; obtaining a publickey of a first home device; obtaining a second message leaving key and apublic key of a second account; obtaining a third message leaving key;encrypting the public key of the second account and the third messageleaving key by using the first message leaving key, to obtain firstencrypted information, and requesting a server to push the firstencrypted information to the first home device; and encrypting thepublic key of the first home device and the third message leaving key byusing the second message leaving key, to obtain second encryptedinformation, and requesting the server to push the second encryptedinformation to a second device.

It should be noted that, for detailed descriptions of the first messageleaving key, the public key of the first home device, the second messageleaving key, the second account, the public key of the second account,the third message leaving key, and a public key of the first account inthe fifth aspect and any possible design manner of the fifth aspect ofthis application, refer to the related descriptions in the first aspectand any possible design manner of the first aspect. Details are notdescribed herein again in this embodiment of this application.

In one embodiment when the computer instructions are executed by theprocessor, the first device is further enabled to perform the followingoperations: accessing a first wireless network provided by the firsthome device; negotiating a shared key with the first home device overthe first wireless network by using a PAKE protocol; receiving thirdencrypted information from the first home device over the first wirelessnetwork, where the third encrypted information is obtained by encryptingthe public key of the first home device by using the shared key; anddecrypting the third encrypted information by using the shared key, toobtain the public key of the first home device.

In one embodiment, when the computer instructions are executed by theprocessor, the first device is further enabled to perform the followingoperations: generating the first message leaving key; encrypting thepublic key of the first account, the first message leaving key, andaccess information of a second wireless network by using the shared key,to obtain fourth encrypted information, where the access informationincludes an identifier and an access password of the second wirelessnetwork, and the public key of the first account is used to performverification on an online message from the first device; and sending thefourth encrypted information to the first home device over the firstwireless network.

In one embodiment, when the computer instructions are executed by theprocessor, the first device is further enabled to perform the followingoperations: obtaining verification information of the second device,where the verification information includes the second account and ashared key; obtaining a shared block from the server based on the secondaccount, where the shared block is obtained by the second device byencrypting the public key of the second account and the second messageleaving key by using the shared key, and is uploaded to the server; anddecrypting the shared block by using the shared key, to obtain thepublic key of the second account and the second message leaving key.

In one embodiment, the first device further includes a display. When thecomputer instructions are executed by the processor, the first device isfurther enabled to perform the following operations: displaying a firstinterface of the first app, where the first interface is used to manageone or more home devices; receiving a first operation performed by auser on the first interface, where the first operation is used totrigger the first device to share the first home device with the seconddevice; and in response to the first operation, sending a first requestmessage to the server, where the first request message is used torequest the server to indicate the second device to generate theverification information and upload the shared block to the server.

In one embodiment, the shared block further includes a first challengecode. When the computer instructions are executed by the processor, thefirst device is further enabled to perform the following operations:decrypting the shared block by using the shared key, to obtain the firstchallenge code; determining whether the first challenge code is the sameas a second challenge code, where the second challenge code is generatedby the first device for the second account; and if the first challengecode is the same as the second challenge code, generating, by the firstdevice, the third message leaving key.

In one embodiment, when the computer instructions are executed by theprocessor, the first device is further enabled to perform the followingoperation: in response to the first operation, generating a secondchallenge code for the second account, where the first request messagefurther includes the second challenge code.

According to a sixth aspect, this application provides an electronicdevice. The electronic device is a second device, a first app isinstalled on the second device, and the first app is logged in to byusing a second account. The second device includes a communicationsmodule, a memory, and one or more processors. The communications module,the memory, and the processor are coupled. The memory is configured tostore computer program code, where the computer program code includescomputer instructions. When the computer instructions are executed bythe processor, the second device is enabled to perform the followingoperations: obtaining a second message leaving key; receiving secondencrypted information from a server; and decrypting the second encryptedinformation by using the second message leaving key, to obtain a publickey of a first home device and a third message leaving key.

It should be noted that, for detailed descriptions of the second messageleaving key, the second encrypted information, the public key of thefirst home device, the third message leaving key, first encryptedinformation, a public key of the second account, and the like in thesixth aspect and any possible design manner of the sixth aspect of thisapplication, refer to the related descriptions in the second aspect andany possible design manner of the second aspect. Details are notdescribed herein again in this embodiment of this application.

In one embodiment, when the computer instructions are executed by theprocessor, the second device is further enabled to perform the followingoperations: receiving a first challenge code from the server; andgenerating the second message leaving key.

In one embodiment when the computer instructions are executed by theprocessor, the second device is further enabled to perform the followingoperations: generating a shared key after receiving the first challengecode from the server; encrypting the public key of the second account,the first challenge code, and the second message leaving key by usingthe shared key, to obtain a shared block; and sending the shared blockto the server.

In one embodiment when the computer instructions are executed by theprocessor, the second device is further enabled to perform the followingoperations: after receiving the first challenge code from the server,generating verification information, and displaying the verificationinformation, where the verification information includes the secondaccount and the shared key. The verification information includes atleast one of the following forms: a two-dimensional code, a bar code, oran electronic label.

According to a seventh aspect, this application provides a home device.The home device is a first home device, and the first home deviceincludes a communications module, a memory, and one or more processors.The communications module, the memory, and the processor are coupled.The memory is configured to store computer program code, where thecomputer program code includes computer instructions. When the computerinstructions are executed by the processor, the first home device isenabled to perform the following operations: obtaining a first messageleaving key; receiving first encrypted information from a server; anddecrypting the first encrypted information by using the first messageleaving key, to obtain a public key of a second account and a thirdmessage leaving key.

It should be noted that, for detailed descriptions of the first messageleaving key, the first encrypted information, the public key of thesecond account, the third message leaving key, and the like in theseventh aspect and any possible design manner of the seventh aspect ofthis application, refer to the related descriptions in the third aspectand any possible design manner of the third aspect. Details are notdescribed herein again in this embodiment of this application.

In one embodiment, when the computer instructions are executed by theprocessor, the first home device is further enabled to perform thefollowing operations: providing a first wireless network, and allowing afirst device to access the first wireless network; negotiating a sharedkey with the first device over the first wireless network by using apassword authenticated key exchange PAKE protocol; receiving fourthencrypted information from the first device over the first wirelessnetwork, where the fourth encrypted information is encrypted by usingthe shared key, and the fourth encrypted information includes the firstmessage leaving key; and decrypting the fourth encrypted information byusing the shared key, to obtain the first message leaving key.

In one embodiment, the fourth encrypted information further includes apublic key of a first account and access information of a secondwireless network, the public key of the first account is used to performverification on an online message from the first device, and the accessinformation includes an identifier and an access password of the secondwireless network.

When the computer instructions are executed by the processor, the firsthome device is further enabled to perform the following operations:accessing the second wireless network based on the access information ofthe second wireless network; and receiving the first encryptedinformation from the server over the second wireless network.

In one embodiment, when the computer instructions are executed by theprocessor, the first home device is further enabled to perform thefollowing operations: encrypting a public key of the first home deviceby using the shared key, to obtain third encrypted information; andsending the third encrypted information to the first device over thefirst wireless network.

According to an eighth aspect, this application provides a server. Theserver includes a communications module, a memory, and one or moreprocessors. The communications module, the memory, and the processor arecoupled. The memory is configured to store computer program code, wherethe computer program code includes computer instructions. When thecomputer instructions are executed by the processor, the server isenabled to perform the following operations: receiving a second requestmessage from a first device, where the second request message includesfirst encrypted information and an identifier of a first home device; inresponse to the second request message, sending the first encryptedinformation to the first home device; receiving a third request messagefrom the first device, where the third request message includes secondencrypted information and a second account; and in response to the thirdrequest message, sending the second encrypted information to a seconddevice after a first app of the second device is logged in to by usingthe second account.

It should be noted that, for detailed descriptions of the firstencrypted information, a public key of the second account, a thirdmessage leaving key, the second encrypted information, the secondaccount, and the like in the eighth aspect and any possible designmanner of the eighth aspect of this application, refer to the relateddescriptions in the fourth aspect and any possible design manner of thefourth aspect. Details are not described herein again in this embodimentof this application.

In one embodiment, the first encrypted information is obtained byencrypting the public key of the second account and the third messageleaving key by using a second message leaving key. When the computerinstructions are executed by the processor, the server is furtherenabled to perform the following operations: before receiving the thirdrequest message from the first device, receiving a shared block from thesecond device, and storing the shared block based on the second account,where the shared block is encrypted, and the shared block includes apublic key of the second device and the second message leaving key;receiving an obtaining request from the first device, where theobtaining request is used to obtain the shared block corresponding tothe second account; and in response to the obtaining request, sendingthe shared block to the first device.

In one embodiment when the computer instructions are executed by theprocessor, the server is further enabled to perform the followingoperations: before receiving the shared block from the second device,and storing the shared block based on the second account, receiving afirst request message from the first device, where the first requestmessage includes the second account and a second challenge code; and inresponse to the first request message, sending a first challenge code tothe second device after the first app of the second device is logged into by using the second account, where the first challenge code is thesame as the second challenge code. The first challenge code is used toindicate the second device to upload the shared block to the server, andthe shared block further includes the first challenge code.

According to a ninth aspect, this application provides a chip system.The chip system includes one or more interface circuits and one or moreprocessors. The interface circuit and the processor are connected toeach other through a line.

The chip system may be applied to an electronic device including acommunications module and a memory. The interface circuit is configuredto receive a signal from the memory in the electronic device, and sendthe received signal to the processor, where the signal includes computerinstructions stored in the memory. When the processor executes thecomputer instructions, the electronic device may perform the methodaccording to any one of the first aspect and the possible design mannersof the first aspect or the method according to any one of the secondaspect and the possible design manners of the second aspect.

Alternatively, the chip system may be applied to a home device includinga communications module and a memory. The interface circuit isconfigured to receive a signal from the memory in the home device, andsend the received signal to the processor, where the signal includescomputer instructions stored in the memory. When the processor executesthe computer instructions, the home device may perform the methodaccording to any one of the third aspect and the possible design mannersof the third aspect.

Alternatively, the chip system may be applied to a server including acommunications module and a memory. The interface circuit is configuredto receive a signal from the memory in the server, and send the receivedsignal to the processor, where the signal includes computer instructionsstored in the memory. When the processor executes the computerinstructions, the server may perform the method according to any one ofthe fourth aspect and the possible design manners of the fourth aspect.

According to a tenth aspect, this application provides acomputer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage mediumincludes computer instructions. When the computer instructions are runon an electronic device, the electronic device is enabled to perform themethod according to any one of the first aspect and the possible designmanners of the first aspect or the method according to any one of thesecond aspect and the possible design manners of the second aspect. Whenthe computer instructions are run on a home device, the home device isenabled to perform the method according to any one of the third aspectand the possible design manners of the third aspect. When the computerinstructions are run on a server, the server is enabled to perform themethod according to any one of the fourth aspect and the possible designmanners of the fourth aspect.

According to an eleventh aspect, this application provides a computerprogram product. When the computer program product runs on a computer,the computer is enabled to perform the method according to any one ofthe first aspect and the possible design manners of the first aspect,the method according to any one of the second aspect and the possibledesign manners of the second aspect, the method according to any one ofthe third aspect and the possible design manners of the third aspect, orthe method according to any one of the fourth aspect and the possibledesign manners of the fourth aspect.

It can be understood that, for beneficial effects of the electronicdevice according to any one of the fifth aspect and the possible designmanners of the fifth aspect, the electronic device according to any oneof the sixth aspect and the possible design manners of the sixth aspect,the home device according to any one of the seventh aspect and thepossible design manners of the seventh aspect, the server according toany one of the eighth aspect and the possible design manners of theeighth aspect, the chip system according to the ninth aspect, thecomputer-readable storage medium according to the tenth aspect, and thecomputer program product according to the eleventh aspect, refer to thebeneficial effects of the method according to any one of the firstaspect and the possible design manners of the first aspect, the methodaccording to any one of the second aspect and the possible designmanners of the second aspect, the method according to any one of thethird aspect and the possible design manners of the third aspect, andthe method according to any one of the fourth aspect and the possibledesign manners of the fourth aspect. Details are not described hereinagain.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system architecture to which a devicesharing method is applied according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronicdevice according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 3A to FIG. 3C are flowcharts of a device sharing method accordingto an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 4A to FIG. 4C are schematic diagrams of a display interface of adevice according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram of a display interface of another deviceaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 5B is a schematic diagram of a display interface of another deviceaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 5C is a schematic diagram of a display interface of another deviceaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 5D-1 to FIG. 5D-3 are schematic diagrams of a display interface ofanother device according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 5E-1 and FIG. 5E-2 are schematic diagrams of a display interface ofanother device according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 6A-1 to FIG. 6A-3 are flowcharts of another device sharing methodaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 6B-1 and FIG. 6B-2 are schematic diagrams of a display interface ofanother device according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a display interface of another deviceaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a display interface of another deviceaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a display interface of another deviceaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a display interface of another deviceaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 11A to FIG. 11C are flowcharts of another device sharing methodaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a home device according toan embodiment of this application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a server according to anembodiment of this application; and

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip system according toan embodiment of this application.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The terms “first” and “second” mentioned below are merely intended for apurpose of description, and shall not be understood as an indication orimplication of relative importance or implicit indication of a quantityof indicated technical features. Therefore, a feature limited by “first”or “second” may explicitly or implicitly include one or more features.In the descriptions of the embodiments, unless otherwise specified, “aplurality of” means two or more than two.

An electronic device (for example, a first device) may be bound to ahome device to obtain control of the home device. It should be notedthat one home device can be bound to only one electronic device. Theelectronic device may install a first app (which is also referred to asa management app) of the home device, and perform login by using anaccount registered for the first app. Then, the electronic device may bebound to the home device through the first app. For a specific method inwhich an electronic device is bound to a home device, refer to detaileddescriptions in the following embodiments. Details are not describedherein again.

It should be noted that, although one home device can be bound to onlyone electronic device, another electronic device (for example, a seconddevice) can accept sharing by an electronic device (for example, thefirst device) bound to a home device, to obtain control of the homedevice.

An embodiment of this application provides a device sharing method. Themethod may be used by the first device to share with the second device,a home device bound to the first device. The method in this embodimentof this application can implement offline sharing of the home device,and can further improve information security in a home device sharingprocess.

The following describes implementations of the embodiments of thisapplication in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system architecture to which a devicesharing method is applied according to an embodiment of thisapplication. As shown in FIG. 1 , the system may include a server 100, afirst device 110, a second device 120, and a home device 130. A firstapp is installed on both the first device 110 and the second device 120.The server 100 is a management server of the first app.

The first device 110 logs in to, by using a first account, the first appinstalled on the first device, and the second device 120 logs in to, byusing a second account, the first app installed on the second device.The first device 110 that is logged in to by using the first account isbound to the home device 130, and may share, through the server 100, thehome device 130 with the second device 120 that is logged in to by usingthe second account.

For example, an electronic device (for example, the first device or thesecond device) in this embodiment of this application may be a device onwhich the foregoing management app can be installed, such as a mobilephone, a tablet computer, a desktop computer, a laptop, a handheldcomputer, a notebook computer, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC),a netbook, a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or anaugmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) device. A specific form ofthe electronic device is not specially limited in this embodiment ofthis application.

It should be noted that the first device 110 and the second device 120may be devices of different types. For example, the first device 110 isa mobile phone, and the second device 120 is a tablet computer.Alternatively, the first device 110 and the second device 120 may bedevices of a same type. For example, both the first device 110 and thesecond device 120 are mobile phones. This embodiment of this applicationimposes no limitation thereto.

The home device provided in this embodiment of this application may be adevice that can access a home wireless local area network, such as atelevision, a stereo, a camera, an air conditioner, a refrigerator, asmart curtain, a desk lamp, a chandelier, an electric cooker, a securityprotection device (such as a smart electronic lock), or a personalcomputer (PC). In addition, the home device in this embodiment of thisapplication may alternatively be an in-vehicle acoustic device, anin-vehicle air conditioner, or the like. A specific form of the homedevice is not specially limited in this embodiment of this application.

In this embodiment of this application, an example in which the firstdevice 110 and the second device 120 shown in FIG. 1 are mobile phonesis used to describe a structure of the electronic device provided inthis embodiment of this application. As shown in FIG. 2 , an electronicdevice 200 (for example, a mobile phone) may include a processor 210, anexternal memory interface 220, an internal memory 221, a universalserial bus (USB) port 230, a charging management module 240, a powermanagement module 241, a battery 242, an antenna 1, an antenna 2, amobile communications module 250, a wireless communications module 260,an audio module 270, a speaker 270A, a receiver 270B, a microphone 270C,a headset jack 270D, a sensor module 280, a button 290, a motor 291, anindicator 292, a camera 293, a display 294, a subscriber identity module(SIM) card interface 295, and the like.

The sensor module 280 may include sensors such as a pressure sensor, agyroscope sensor, a barometric pressure sensor, a magnetic sensor, anacceleration sensor, a range sensor, an optical proximity sensor, afingerprint sensor, a temperature sensor, a touch sensor, an ambientlight sensor, and a bone conduction sensor.

It can be understood that the structure shown in this embodiment doesnot constitute a specific limitation on the electronic device. In someother embodiments, the electronic device 200 may include more or fewercomponents than those shown in the figure, or may combine somecomponents, or may split some components, or may have differentcomponent arrangements. The components shown in the figure may beimplemented by hardware, software, or a combination of software andhardware.

The processor 210 may include one or more processing units. For example,the processor 210 may include an application processor (AP), a modemprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU), an image signal processor(ISP), a controller, a memory, a video codec, a digital signal processor(DSP), a baseband processor, and/or a neural processing unit (NPU).Different processing units may be independent components, or may beintegrated into one or more processors.

The controller may be a nerve center and a command center of theelectronic device 200. The controller may generate an operation controlsignal based on instruction operation code and a time sequence signal,to complete control of instruction fetching and instruction execution.

A memory may be further disposed in the processor 210, and is configuredto store an instruction and data. In some embodiments, the memory in theprocessor 210 is a cache. The memory may store an instruction or datajust used or cyclically used by the processor 210. If the processor 210needs to use the instruction or the data again, the processor 210 maydirectly invoke the instruction or the data from the memory. This avoidsrepeated access and reduces a waiting time of the processor 210, therebyimproving system efficiency.

In some embodiments, the processor 210 may include one or moreinterfaces. The interface may include an inter-integrated circuit (I2C)interface, an inter-integrated circuit sound (I2S) interface, a pulsecode modulation (PCM) interface, a universal asynchronousreceiver/transmitter (UART) interface, a mobile industry processorinterface (MIPI), a general-purpose input/output (GPIO) interface, asubscriber identity module (SIM) interface, a universal serial bus(uUSB) port, and/or the like.

It can be understood that an interface connection relationship betweenthe modules shown in this embodiment is merely an example fordescription, and does not constitute a limitation on the structure ofthe electronic device 200. In some other embodiments, the electronicdevice 200 may alternatively use an interface connection mannerdifferent from that in the foregoing embodiment, or use a combination ofa plurality of interface connection manners.

The charging management module 240 is configured to receive a charginginput from a charger. The charger may be a wireless charger or a wiredcharger. The charging management module 240 supplies power to theelectronic device by using the power management unit 241 while chargingthe battery 242.

The power management module 241 is configured to connect the battery242, the charging management module 240, and the processor 210. Thepower management unit 241 receives an input from the battery 242 and/orthe charging management module 240, and supplies power to the processor210, the internal memory 221, an external memory, the display 294, thecamera 293, the wireless communications module 260, and the like. Insome embodiments, the power management module 241 and the chargingmanagement module 240 may alternatively be disposed in a same device.

A wireless communication function of the electronic device 200 may beimplemented through the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobilecommunications module 250, the wireless communications module 260, themodem processor, the baseband processor, and the like. In someembodiments, the antenna 1 of the electronic device 200 is coupled tothe mobile communications module 250, and the antenna 2 is coupled tothe wireless communications module 260, so that the electronic device200 can communicate with a network and another device by using awireless communications technology.

The antenna 1 and the antenna 2 are configured to transmit and receivean electromagnetic wave signal. Each antenna in the electronic device200 may be configured to cover one or more communication frequencybands. Different antennas may further be multiplexed to improve antennautilization. For example, the antenna 1 may be multiplexed as adiversity antenna of a wireless local area network. In some otherembodiments, the antenna may be used in combination with a tuningswitch.

The mobile communications module 250 can provide a solution, applied tothe electronic device 200, to wireless communication including 2G, 3G,4G, 5G, or the like. The mobile communications module 250 may include atleast one filter, a switch, a power amplifier, a low noise amplifier(LNA), and the like. The mobile communications module 250 may receive anelectromagnetic wave through the antenna 1, perform processing such asfiltering or amplification on the received electromagnetic wave, andtransmit the electromagnetic wave to the modem processor fordemodulation.

The mobile communications module 250 may further amplify a signalmodulated by the modem processor, and convert the signal into anelectromagnetic wave for radiation through the antenna 1. In someembodiments, at least some function modules of the mobile communicationsmodule 250 may be disposed in the processor 210. In some embodiments, atleast some function modules of the mobile communications module 250 andat least some modules of the processor 210 may be disposed in a samedevice.

The wireless communications module 260 may provide a solution, appliedto the electronic device 200, to wireless communication including awireless local area network (WLAN) (for example, a wireless fidelity(Wi-Fi) network), Bluetooth (BT), a global navigational satellite system(GNSS), frequency modulation (FM), near field communication (NFC), or aninfrared (IR) technology. For example, in this embodiment of thisapplication, the electronic device 200 (for example, the first device110) may access, by using the wireless communications module 260, atemporary network (for example, a Wi-Fi network) provided by the homedevice 130.

The wireless communications module 260 may be one or more devices thatintegrate at least one communications processing module. The wirelesscommunications module 260 receives an electromagnetic wave through theantenna 2, performs frequency modulation and filtering on theelectromagnetic wave, and sends a processed signal to the processor 210.The wireless communications module 260 may further receive a to-be-sentsignal from the processor 210, perform frequency modulation andamplification on the signal, and convert the signal into anelectromagnetic wave for radiation through the antenna 2.

The electronic device 200 implements a display function by using theGPU, the display 294, the application processor, and the like. The GPUis a microprocessor for image processing, and is connected to thedisplay 294 and the application processor. The GPU is configured toperform mathematical and geometric calculation, and perform imagerendering. The processor 210 may include one or more GPUs that executeprogram instructions to generate or change display information.

The display 294 is configured to display an image, a video, and thelike. The display 294 includes a display panel. For example, in thisembodiment of this application, the display 294 may be configured todisplay an application interface of the first app, such as a devicesharing interface, a device search interface, and a two-dimensional codescanning interface.

The electronic device 200 can implement a shooting function by using theISP, the camera 293, the video codec, the GPU, the display 294, theapplication processor, and the like. The ISP is configured to processdata fed back by the camera 293. The camera 293 is configured to capturea static image or a video. In some embodiments, the electronic device200 may include one or N cameras 293, where N is a positive integergreater than 1.

The external memory interface 220 may be configured to connect to anexternal storage card, for example, a micro SD card, to extend a storagecapability of the electronic device 200. The external storage cardcommunicates with the processor 210 through the external memoryinterface 220, to implement a data storage function. For example, filessuch as music and a video are stored in the external storage card.

The internal memory 221 may be configured to store computer-executableprogram code. The executable program code includes instructions. Theprocessor 210 runs the instructions stored in the internal memory 221,to perform various function applications and data processing of theelectronic device 200. For example, in this embodiment of thisapplication, the processor 210 may execute the instructions stored inthe internal memory 221, and the internal memory 221 may include aprogram storage area and a data storage area.

The program storage area may store an operating system, an applicationrequired by at least one function (for example, a sound playing functionand an image playing function), and the like. The data storage area maystore data (such as audio data and a phone book) created when theelectronic device 200 is used, and the like. In addition, the internalmemory 221 may include a high-speed random access memory, or may includea nonvolatile memory, for example, at least one magnetic disk storagedevice, a flash memory, or a universal flash storage (UFS).

The electronic device 200 may implement audio functions such as musicplaying and recording functions through the audio module 270, thespeaker 270A, the receiver 270B, the microphone 270C, the headset jack270D, the application processor, and the like.

The button 290 includes a power button, a volume button, and the like.The button 290 may be a mechanical button, or may be a touch button. Themotor 291 may generate a vibration prompt. The motor 291 may beconfigured to produce an incoming call vibration prompt and a touchvibration feedback. The indicator 292 may be an indicator light, and maybe configured to indicate a charging status and a power change, or maybe configured to indicate a message, a missed call, a notification, andthe like. The SIM card interface 295 is configured to connect to a SIMcard. The SIM card may be inserted into the SIM card interface 295 orremoved from the SIM card interface 295, to implement contact with orseparation from the electronic device 200. The electronic device 200 maysupport one or N SIM card interfaces, where N is a positive integergreater than 1. The SIM card interface 295 may support a nano-SIM card,a micro SIM card, a SIM card, and the like.

For ease of understanding, in this embodiment of this application, anexample in which the first device 110 installs the first app andregisters an account is used to describe a process in which theelectronic device (for example, the first device 110 or the seconddevice 120) in this embodiment of this application installs the firstapp and registers an account.

There is a two-dimensional code or a bar code on an outer package or ahousing of a home device (for example, the home device 130). Thetwo-dimensional code or the bar code is used to install the first app(that is, the first application). Specifically, the first device 110 mayscan a two-dimensional code or a bar code of the home device 130 toobtain an installation link of the first app, to implement installationof the first app. Alternatively, the first device 110 may install thefirst app from an application store.

After installing the first app, the first device 110 may start the firstapp in response to a user operation, register the first account with theserver 100 through the first app, and generate a public key and aprivate key of the first account.

The private key of the first account is used to digitally sign an onlinemessage sent by a device (for example, the first device 110) that islogged in to by using the first account to another device (for example,the second device 120). The public key of the first account is used byanother device (for example, the second device 120) to perform signatureverification on an online message from a device that is logged in to byusing the first account.

An account A is used as an example. It is assumed that a mobile phone Aperforms login by using the account A. The mobile phone A may use aprivate key of the account A to digitally sign an online message sent bythe mobile phone A to a mobile phone B, and the mobile phone B may use apublic key of the account A to perform signature verification on theonline message from the mobile phone A. In other words, all onlinemessages sent by the mobile phone A to the mobile phone B are digitallysigned by using a private key of the mobile phone A. After obtaining apublic key of the mobile phone A, the mobile phone B may use the publickey of the mobile phone A to perform signature verification on theonline message from the mobile phone A, so as to determine whether theonline message is tampered with. When registering the first account withthe server 100, the first device 110 may further set a login passwordfor the first account. The login password is used for login by using thefirst account.

It should be noted that, for a method in which the first device 110installs the first app and registers the first account with the server100 and a method in which the first device 110 generates the public keyand the private key of the first account, refer to related methods inthe conventional technology. Details are not described herein again inthis embodiment of this application.

A method in which the second device 120 installs the first app andregisters the second account with the server 100 is similar to themethod in which the first device 110 installs the first app andregisters the first account with the server 100. Details are notdescribed herein again. Certainly, after registering the second accountwith the server 100, the second device 120 may generate a public key anda private key of the second account. For specific functions of thepublic key and the private key of the second account, refer to thedescriptions of the public key and the private key of the first accountin the foregoing embodiment. Details are not described herein again.

It should be noted that an “online message” between two devices in thisembodiment of this application is a message transmitted when the twodevices are both in an online state. For example, an “online message”between the mobile phone A and the mobile phone B is a messagetransmitted between the mobile phone A and the mobile phone B throughthe first app when the first app on the mobile phone A is logged in toby using an account (for example, the first account) and is in an onlinestate, and the first app on the mobile phone B is logged in to by usinganother account (for example, the second account) and is in an onlinestate.

An “offline message” between two devices in this embodiment of thisapplication is a message sent by an online device to an offline device.For example, an “offline message” sent by the mobile phone A to themobile phone B is a message sent by the mobile phone A to the mobilephone B through the first app when the first app on the mobile phone Ais logged in to by using an account (for example, the first account) andis in an online state and the first app on the mobile phone B is in anoffline state.

In the following embodiment, an example in which the first device 110 isthe mobile phone A, the second device 120 is the mobile phone B, and thehome device 130 is a camera X is used to describe the method in thisembodiment of this application. The first app is installed on both themobile phone A and the mobile phone B. In addition, the first appinstalled on the mobile phone A is logged in to by using the firstaccount, and the first app installed on the mobile phone B is logged into by using the second account. The camera X may be a surveillancecamera installed at home or another place.

It should be noted that, in the following embodiments, a message leavingkey Pod is a first message leaving key, a message leaving key Pom is asecond message leaving key, and a message leaving key Pmd is a thirdmessage leaving key.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of this application, boththe mobile phone A (that is, the first device 110) and the mobile phoneB (that is, the second device 120) interact with the server 100 throughthe first app. The mobile phone A interacts with the mobile phone Bthrough the first app, and the mobile phone A and the mobile phone Binteract with the camera X through the first app. The first app isinstalled on both the mobile phone A and the mobile phone B. The firstapp installed on the mobile phone A is logged in to by using the firstaccount, and the first app installed on the mobile phone B is logged into by using the second account.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3A to FIG. 3C, the method in thisembodiment of this application may include five procedures from aprocedure (1) to a procedure (5): procedure (1): a procedure in whichthe mobile phone A is bound to the camera X, procedure (2): a procedurein which the mobile phone A shares the camera X with the mobile phone B,procedure (3): a procedure in which the mobile phone B accepts thesharing, procedure (4): a procedure in which the mobile phone A shares akey with the mobile phone B and the camera X, and procedure (5): aprocedure in which the mobile phone B and the camera X obtain the key tocomplete the device sharing.

As shown in FIG. 3A to FIG. 3C, the procedure (1), that is, the“procedure in which the mobile phone A is bound to the camera X”, mayinclude S101 to S113.

S101: The camera X enters a binding state after being powered on, andserves as an access point (AP) in the binding state to provide a firstwireless network.

It should be noted that, after a home device (for example, the camera X)is delivered from a factory and is powered on for the first time, thehome device may enter the foregoing binding state. In the binding state,the home device serves as an AP to provide a wireless local area network(that is, the foregoing first wireless network). The first wirelessnetwork may be accessed by another device (for example, the mobile phoneA), to bind to the home device. For example, the foregoing AP may be aWi-Fi hotspot, and the first wireless network may be a Wi-Fi network.

S102: The mobile phone A displays a second interface of the first app,where the second interface includes an icon of the camera X.

In one embodiment, the second interface may further include a networkidentifier of the first wireless network provided by the camera X. Forexample, if the first wireless network is a Wi-Fi network, the networkidentifier of the first wireless network may be a service set identifier(SSID) of the first wireless network. For example, the SSID of the Wi-Finetwork provided by the camera X in the binding state may be SXT-X.

For example, the first app in this embodiment of this application may bean application corresponding to an icon “Home” 401 shown in FIG. 4A. Asshown in FIG. 4A, the mobile phone A may receive a tap operationperformed by a user on the icon “Home” 401. In response to the tapoperation, the mobile phone A may start the first app, and display ahome page 402 of the first app shown in FIG. 4B. The home page 402 ofthe first app includes an “Add devices” option 403. The “Add devices”option 403 is used to trigger the mobile phone A to search for awireless local area network provided by the home device, to implementbinding to the home device. For example, as shown in FIG. 4B, the homepage 402 of the first app further includes prompt information “Add homedevices to bind smart home devices such as a light, a door lock, acamera, and a washing machine!”.

In response to a tap operation performed by the user on the “Adddevices” option 403, the mobile phone A may display a second interface405 shown in FIG. 4C. The second interface 405 may also be referred toas a device search interface or a device addition interface. The secondinterface 405 includes an icon of a home device that can be found by themobile phone A, and may further include an SSID of a Wi-Fi networkprovided by the home device. Specifically, in response to the tapoperation performed by the user on the “Add devices” option 403, themobile phone A may search for a Wi-Fi network around the mobile phone A,and display a device search interface (that is, the second interface)including an SSID of the found Wi-Fi network.

Because the camera X serves as an AP in the binding state to provide thefirst wireless network whose SSID is the SXT-X, and the mobile phone Ais located near the camera X when the user binds the mobile phone A tothe camera X, the mobile phone A may find the first wireless networkprovided by the camera X, and the second interface 405 includes the icon406 of the camera X. In one embodiment, the second interface 405 mayfurther include the S SID (for example, the SXT-X) of the first wirelessnetwork provided by the camera X.

As shown in FIG. 4B, the home page 402 of the first app may furtherinclude an “Add members” option 404. The “Add members” option 404 isused to add a member and share a bound home device with the member. Forexample, as shown in FIG. 4B, the home page 402 of the first app furtherincludes prompt information “Add members to share home devices!”. For aspecific manner of adding a member by tapping the “Add members” option404 and sharing a home device with the member, refer to detaileddescriptions in the following embodiment. Details are not describedherein again in this embodiment of this application.

S103: In response to a selection operation performed by the user on theicon of the camera X, the mobile phone A accesses the first wirelessnetwork provided by the camera X.

For example, the mobile phone A may receive the selection operation (forexample, a tap operation) performed by the user on the SXT-X 406 shownin FIG. 4C, and access the first wireless network provided by the cameraX. For a specific method in which the mobile phone A accesses the firstwireless network, refer to a method in which a device accesses awireless network in the conventional technology. Details are notdescribed herein again in this embodiment of this application.

In one embodiment, in some embodiments, in response to the selectionoperation performed by the user on the network identifier of the firstwireless network, the mobile phone A may send first prompt informationafter the mobile phone A accesses the first wireless network. The firstprompt information is used to indicate that the mobile phone A hasaccessed the first wireless network. For example, in response to theselection operation performed by the user on the SXT-X 406 shown in FIG.4C, after the mobile phone A accesses the first wireless network, themobile phone A may display first prompt information 501 “The mobilephone has accessed the wireless network provided by the camera X!” shownin FIG. 5A.

After accessing the first wireless network, the mobile phone A mayperform S104 and a subsequent procedure to implement binding to thecamera X. In one embodiment, the mobile phone A may further displayprompt information used to prompt the user that the mobile phone isbeing bound to the camera X. For example, the mobile phone A may furtherdisplay prompt information 502 “The mobile phone is being bound to thecamera X!” shown in FIG. 5A. In some other embodiments, the mobile phonemay first display the first prompt information 501. After displaying thefirst prompt information 501 for n seconds (n≥2, and n is a positiveinteger), the mobile phone does not display the first prompt information501, but displays the prompt information 502.

S104: The mobile phone A negotiates a shared key with the camera X overthe first wireless network.

The shared key is used to encrypt a message (including an online messageand an offline message) between the mobile phone A and the camera X in aprocess in which the mobile phone A is bound to the camera X.

For example, the mobile phone A and the camera X may negotiate a sharedkey by using a PAKE protocol. For example, the user performs theselection operation on the SXT-X 406 shown in FIG. 4C. After the mobilephone A accesses the first wireless network, the mobile phone A maydisplay a password input interface 503 shown in FIG. 5B. The passwordinput interface 503 includes a password input box 504, a “Cancel”button, and an “OK” button. A password used for shared key negotiationmay be entered into the password input box 504. The password may be acombination of n characters including digits, letters, and/or othercharacters, where n≥2. The password may be printed on a housing or anouter packing box of a home device (such as the camera X).

It is assumed that the foregoing password is a character combination“ABC789” printed on the housing of the camera X. The mobile phone A mayreceive the password “ABC789” entered by the user into the passwordinput box 504 shown in FIG. 5B, receive a tap operation performed by theuser on the “OK” button, and negotiate the shared key with the camera Xby using the PAKE protocol.

It can be understood that the first wireless network provided by thecamera X is an unencrypted wireless network and consequently is aninsecure network. Therefore, in addition to the mobile phone A, anotherdevice located around the camera X may also find the first wirelessnetwork and access the first wireless network. The another device maynegotiate a shared key with the camera X, to implement binding to thecamera X. In this embodiment of this application, using the PAKEprotocol to negotiate the shared key can prevent another device frombeing bound to the camera X.

Specifically, the PAKE protocol may support two devices (for example,the mobile phone A and the camera X) that share a password in performingmutual authentication and negotiate a secure session key (that is, theforegoing shared key) through communication in an insecure network. Itcan be understood that a user of another device cannot learn of theforegoing password, and therefore cannot negotiate the shared key withthe camera X by using the PAKE protocol. Consequently, the anotherdevice cannot be bound to the camera X.

In this embodiment of this application, the mobile phone A and thecamera X negotiate, by using the PAKE protocol, the shared key used toimplement binding to the camera X, so that another device can beprevented from being bound to the camera X, and a user of another devicecan be prevented from stealing user information of the mobile phone Aafter the user of the another device is bound to the camera X, therebyprotecting user information security.

S105: The mobile phone A generates the message leaving key Pod.

The message leaving key Pod is used to encrypt an offline messagebetween the mobile phone A and the camera X. The mobile phone A mayrandomly generate the message leaving key Pod through the first app. Inone embodiment, the mobile phone A may further receive a message leavingkey Pod that is set by the user. In other words, the message leaving keyPod may be set by the user in the mobile phone A.

S106: The mobile phone A encrypts the message leaving key Pod, a publickey of the mobile phone A, and access information of a second wirelessnetwork by using the shared key, to obtain fourth encrypted information.

The second wireless network may be a home Wi-Fi network. The accessinformation of the second wireless network may include an SSID and aWi-Fi password of the home Wi-Fi network. The access information of thesecond wireless network is used to access the second wireless network.

In this embodiment of this application, the public key of the mobilephone A is a public key of the first account used to log in to the firstapp on the mobile phone A, and a private key of the mobile phone A is aprivate key of the first account used to log in to the first app on themobile phone A.

S107: The mobile phone A sends the fourth encrypted information to thecamera X over the first wireless network.

It can be understood that the shared key is a key negotiated by themobile phone A and the camera X. Therefore, only the mobile phone A andthe camera X learn of the shared key, and another device cannot learn ofthe shared key. Consequently, the fourth encrypted information cannot bedecrypted to obtain the message leaving key Pod, the public key of themobile phone A, and the access information of the second wirelessnetwork, so that user information security can be protected.

For example, the message leaving key Pod is used to encrypt the offlinemessage between the mobile phone A and the camera X. The offline messagebetween the mobile phone A and the camera X is forwarded through theserver 100. However, the server 100 cannot learn of the shared key.Therefore, the fourth encrypted information cannot be decrypted toobtain the message leaving key Pod, so that the offline message betweenthe mobile phone A and the camera X cannot be decrypted, therebyprotecting user information security.

S108: The camera X receives the fourth encrypted information over thefirst wireless network, and decrypts the fourth encrypted information byusing the shared key, to obtain the message leaving key Pod, the publickey of the mobile phone A, and the access information of the secondwireless network.

S109: The camera X accesses the second wireless network based on theaccess information of the second wireless network.

For a specific method in which the camera X accesses the second wirelessnetwork based on the access information of the second wireless network,refer to a method in which a device accesses a Wi-Fi network based on anSSID and a Wi-Fi password of the Wi-Fi network in the conventionaltechnology. Details are not described herein again in this embodiment ofthis application.

In some embodiments, after S104, the camera X may also share a publickey of the camera X with the mobile phone A. Specifically, as shown inFIG. 3A to FIG. 3C, after S104, the method in this embodiment of thisapplication may further include S110 to S112.

S110: The camera X encrypts the public key of the camera X by using theshared key, to obtain third encrypted information.

S111: The camera X sends the third encrypted information to the mobilephone A over the first wireless network.

S112: The mobile phone A receives the third encrypted information overthe first wireless network, and decrypts the third encrypted informationby using the shared key, to obtain the public key of the camera X.

The public key and a private key of the camera X may be set before thecamera X is delivered from a factory, or may be generated (for example,randomly generated) when the camera X is powered on for the first timeafter the camera X is delivered from a factory.

The private key of the camera X is used to digitally sign an onlinemessage sent by the camera X. The public key of the camera X is used byanother device (for example, the mobile phone A or the mobile phone B)to perform signature verification on an online message from the cameraX.

In other words, all online messages sent by the camera X to the mobilephone A are digitally signed by using the private key of the camera X.After obtaining the public key of the camera X, the mobile phone A mayperform signature verification on the online message from the camera Xby using the public key of the camera X, to determine whether the onlinemessage is tampered with.

To prevent the camera X from being bound to a plurality of devices,after S111, the method in this embodiment of this application mayfurther include S113.

S113: The camera X exits the foregoing binding state.

It can be understood that, after the camera X exits the foregoingbinding state, the camera X no longer serves as an AP to provide thefirst wireless network. In addition, the camera X does not enter thebinding state again after the camera X exits the binding state. That thecamera X is bound to the mobile phone A in this embodiment of thisapplication means that the camera X and the mobile phone A exchange therespective public keys, and determine the message leaving key Pod.

In other words, the camera X may enter the binding state when the cameraXis powered on for the first time, and the camera X may exit the bindingstate after the camera X is bound in the binding state. In addition, thecamera X does not enter the binding state again after the camera X exitsthe binding state. Even if the camera X is powered off and then poweredon, the camera X may not enter the binding state.

Certainly, if the camera X is not bound to any device after the camera Xis powered on for the first time, the camera X still enters the bindingstate after the camera X is powered off and then powered on again.

In some other embodiments, S110 to S113 may not be performed after S104.Instead, after S109 (that is, after the camera X accesses the secondwireless network), the camera X performs S110 to obtain the thirdencrypted information, and then the camera X may send the thirdencrypted information to the mobile phone A over the second wirelessnetwork. The mobile phone A receives the third encrypted informationover the second wireless network, and decrypts the third encryptedinformation by using the shared key, to obtain the public key of thecamera X.

In this embodiment, the camera X may exit the binding state aftersending the third encrypted information to the mobile phone A over thesecond wireless network.

In some embodiments, the mobile phone A may send second promptinformation after the mobile phone A is bound to the camera X (that is,after the camera X is bound to the mobile phone A). The second promptinformation is used to indicate that the mobile phone A has been boundto the camera X, to be specific, the mobile phone A has obtained controlof the camera X and can control the camera X. For example, after themobile phone A obtains the public key of the camera X by decrypting thethird encrypted information by using the shared key (in other words,after S112), the method in this embodiment of this application mayfurther include: The mobile phone A sends the second prompt information.

For example, in response to that the user enters a password into thepassword input box 504 shown in FIG. 5B and taps the “OK” button, afterthe mobile phone A is bound to the camera X, the mobile phone A maydisplay second prompt information 505 “The camera X has been bound, andyou can control the camera X by using the mobile phone!” shown in FIG.5C. Alternatively, in response to the selection operation performed bythe user on the SXT-X 406 shown in FIG. 4C, the mobile phone A maydisplay the first prompt information 501 shown in FIG. 5A afteraccessing the first wireless network. Then, the mobile phone A maydisplay the second prompt information 505 shown in FIG. 5C after themobile phone A is bound to the camera X.

In some other embodiments, after the mobile phone A is bound to thecamera X, the mobile phone A may display a device management interface506 of the camera X shown in FIG. 5D-1 . Alternatively, after displayingthe second prompt information 505, the mobile phone A may display thedevice management interface 506 of the camera X shown in FIG. 5D-1 . Thedevice management interface 506 may include a viewfinder screen 507 ofthe camera X, an adjustment and control area 508 of the camera X, aswitch 509 of the camera X, and a “Share” button 510. The viewfinderscreen 507 is used to display an image captured by the camera X. Themobile phone A may receive an adjustment operation entered by the userinto the adjustment and control area 508, and adjust each parameter (forexample, a shooting angle and an exposure rate) of the camera X. Theswitch 509 is used to control enable and disable of the camera X. The“Share” button 510 is used to trigger the mobile phone A to share thecamera X with another device.

In this embodiment of this application, in a process in which the mobilephone A is bound to the camera X, the mobile phone A may generate themessage leaving key Pod used to encrypt the offline message between themobile phone A and the camera X, and indicate the message leaving keyPod to the camera X in an encryption manner. In this way, even if eitherthe mobile phone A or the camera X is in an offline state, and the otheris in an online state, an offline message may be encrypted by using themessage leaving key Pod, to implement offline communication between themobile phone A and the camera X.

In this way, in a process in which the mobile phone A shares the cameraX with the mobile phone B, the mobile phone A may perform offlinecommunication with the camera X, to support offline sharing of theoffline camera X.

It can be understood that the mobile phone A may share the camera X withanother device (for example, the mobile phone B) after the mobile phoneA is bound to the camera X. As shown in FIG. 6A-1 to FIG. 6A-3 , theprocedure (2), that is, the procedure in which the mobile phone A sharesthe camera X with the mobile phone B, may include S201 to S205.

S201: The mobile phone A displays a first interface of the first app,and receives a first operation on the first interface.

The first operation is used to trigger the mobile phone A to share thecamera X with the second account.

The following describes the first interface and the first operation indetail by using an implementation (1) and an implementation (2).

In the implementation (1), the first interface may be a device sharinginterface of the camera X. The device sharing interface of the camera Xincludes icons of a plurality of accounts (including the secondaccount). For example, the first interface may be a device sharinginterface 511 shown in FIG. 5D-2 . The device sharing interface 511includes icons 512 of a plurality of accounts. An icon of an account maydisplay the account, a remark name of the account, or a nickname of theaccount. For example, in FIG. 5D-2 , nicknames of corresponding accountsare displayed on an icon of Bob, an icon of Lucy, and an icon of Lily,and a corresponding account “15899057828” is displayed on an icon of15899057828.

The first operation may be a tap operation performed by the user on anicon of the second account. For example, assuming that the secondaccount is 15899057828, the first operation may be a tap operation (forexample, a one-tap operation) performed by the user on the icon of15899057828 shown in FIG. 5D-2 , or the first operation may include atap operation performed by the user on an “account” input box 513 shownin FIG. 5D-2 and a tap operation performed by the user on a “Share”button in the “account” input box 513.

The mobile phone A may display a device management interface of ato-be-shared home device, for example, the device management interface506 of the camera X shown in FIG. 5D-1 . In response to the tapoperation (for example, the one-tap operation) performed by the user onthe “Share” button 510 on the device management interface 506, themobile phone A may display the first interface 511.

In the implementation (2), the first interface may be a device sharinginterface of the second account among members (that is, friends) of thefirst account. The device sharing interface of the second accountincludes identifiers of a plurality of home devices (including thecamera X) bound to the first account (that is, the mobile phone A thatis logged in to by using the first account). For example, the firstinterface may be a device sharing interface 516 shown in FIG. 5E-2 . Thedevice sharing interface 516 includes an identifier of an airconditioner, an identifier 517 of the camera X, an identifier of arefrigerator, and the like.

The first operation may be a tap operation performed by the user on theidentifier of the camera X. For example, the first operation may be atap operation (for example, a one-tap operation) performed by the useron the identifier 517 of the camera X.

The mobile phone A displays a member management interface 514 shown inFIG. 5E-1 , and the member management interface 514 may include icons ofa plurality of accounts. Each account corresponds to one member (thatis, a friend) of the first account. An icon of an account may displaythe account, a remark name of the account, or a nickname of the account.For example, an account 15899057828 is displayed on an icon 515. Inresponse to a second operation (for example, a touch and hold operationor a double-tap operation) performed on the icon 515 of the secondaccount (for example, 15899057828), the mobile phone A may display anedit box shown in FIG. 5E-1 , where the edit box includes a “Devicesharing” option, a “Chat” option, a “Delete” option, and the like. The“Device sharing” option is used to trigger the mobile phone A to share ahome device with the account corresponding to the icon 515. In responseto the tap operation (for example, the one-tap operation) performed bythe user on the icon 515, the mobile phone A may display the devicesharing interface 516 shown in FIG. 5E-2 , that is, the first interface.

The “Chat” option is used to trigger the mobile phone A to display achat window of the account corresponding to the icon 515 in the firstapp. The “Delete” option is used to trigger the mobile phone A to deletethe second account from the friends or members of the first account.

In response to the first operation, the mobile phone A may send a firstrequest message to the server 110. The first request message is used torequest the server 100 to indicate the mobile phone B to generateverification information and upload a shared block to the server 100.The verification information and the shared block are described indetail in the following embodiments. Details are not described hereinagain in this embodiment of this application.

For example, the mobile phone A may request, in a manner shown in S202and S203, the server 100 to indicate the mobile phone B to generate theverification information and upload the shared block to the server 100.

S202: In response to the first operation, the mobile phone A generates asecond challenge code.

For example, the second challenge code may be an m-digit random number,where m≥6. For example, m=32 or m=16. It can be understood that, becausethe first operation is used to trigger the mobile phone A to share thecamera X with the second account, the second challenge code generated inresponse to the first operation is generated for the second account. Themobile phone A may generate different challenge codes for differentaccounts. The mobile phone A may store a correspondence between thesecond account and the second challenge code.

In one embodiment, in response to the first operation performed by theuser on the first interface, the mobile phone A may further displaythird prompt information. The third prompt information is used to promptthe user to confirm sharing of the camera X with the second account. Forexample, the mobile phone A may display third prompt information “Pleaseconfirm whether to share the camera X with 15889057828!” shown in FIG.5D-3 . In response to a tap operation performed by the user on a “Share”button shown in FIG. 5D-3 , the mobile phone may generate the secondchallenge code.

S203: The mobile phone A sends the first request message to the server100, where the first request message includes the second account and thesecond challenge code.

The first request message is used to request the server 100 to push thesecond challenge code to the mobile phone B that is logged in to byusing the second account, to indicate the mobile phone B to generate theverification information and upload the shared block to the server 100.

S204: The server 100 sends a response message to the mobile phone Aafter receiving the first request message.

The mobile phone A may access the second wireless network. The mobilephone A may send the first request message to the server 100 over thesecond wireless network, and receive the response message from theserver 100 over the second wireless network. Alternatively, the mobilephone A may send the first request message to the server 100 over amobile communications network of the mobile phone A, and receive theresponse message from the server 100 over the mobile communicationsnetwork.

S205: The mobile phone A sends fourth prompt information after receivingthe response message.

The fourth prompt information is used to prompt the user that the cameraX has been shared with the second account.

For example, after S201, the mobile phone A may perform S202 and S203after receiving the first operation (for example, a tap operationperformed by the user on the identifier 517 of the camera X shown inFIG. 5E-2 ). Then, after receiving the response message from the server100, the mobile phone A may display fourth prompt information 601 “Thecamera has been shared with 15899057828!” shown in FIG. 6B-1 .

In some scenarios, after entering the first operation on the firstinterface to trigger the mobile phone A to share the camera X with thesecond account, the user may operate the mobile phone A to displayanother interface. For example, after receiving the first operation, themobile phone A may receive a lock screen operation and display a lockscreen interface. In this scenario, regardless of an interface displayedby the mobile phone A, the mobile phone A can display the fourth promptinformation provided that the mobile phone A receives the responsemessage. For example, the mobile phone A may display the fourth promptinformation by using a notification message. For example, the mobilephone A may display fourth prompt information 602 “The camera has beenshared with 15899057828!” on a lock screen interface shown in FIG. 6B-2.

In this embodiment of this application, in response to the firstoperation performed by the user on the first interface, the mobile phoneA may request the server 100 to push the second challenge code to thesecond account (that is, the mobile phone B that is logged in to byusing the second account). In this way, if the mobile phone B is in anonline state, the server 100 may directly send the second challenge codeto the mobile phone B, to perform online sharing of the camera X. If themobile phone B is in an offline state, the server 100 may send thesecond challenge code to the mobile phone B after the mobile phone Bgoes online, to perform offline sharing of the camera X. Specifically,after the procedure (2), the method in this embodiment of thisapplication may further include the procedure (3):

As shown in FIG. 6A-1 to FIG. 6A-3 , the procedure (3), that is, theprocedure in which the mobile phone B accepts the sharing, may includeS301 to S307.

S301: The first app on the mobile phone B is logged in to by using thesecond account.

The mobile phone B may display a login interface of the first app,receive the second account and a login password of the second accountthat are entered by the user on the login interface, and perform loginby using the second account. Alternatively, if the first app on themobile phone B has been logged in to by using the second account, andthe second account and the login password of the second account arestored, in response to a start operation performed by the user on thefirst app, login is automatically performed by using the second account.

S302: The server 100 sends a first challenge code to the mobile phone Bafter the mobile phone B goes online.

That the mobile phone B goes online means that the first app on themobile phone B is logged in to by using the second account.

Generally, if the server 100 does not tamper with the second challengecode from the mobile phone A, the first challenge code is the same asthe second challenge code. After the first app on the mobile phone B islogged in to by using the second account, it indicates that the mobilephone B goes online, which may also be referred to as that the secondaccount goes online. After detecting that the mobile phone B goesonline, the server 100 may send, based on the second account in thefirst request message, the first challenge code (that is, the secondchallenge code in the first request message) to the mobile phone B thatis logged in to by using the second account.

However, if the server 100 tampers with the second challenge code fromthe mobile phone A, the first challenge code is different from thesecond challenge code. The server 100 may tamper with the secondchallenge code from the mobile phone A, and send a tampered firstchallenge code to the mobile phone B that is logged in to by using thesecond account. The server 100 may further tamper with asharing-receiving account. For example, the server 100 may send thesecond challenge code to another account different from the secondaccount.

To prevent the server 100 from tampering with a challenge code or anaccount, after obtaining the first challenge code, the mobile phone Amay determine whether the first challenge code is the second challengecode generated by the mobile phone A for the second account. For amethod in which the mobile phone A determines whether a challenge codeis tampered with, refer to detailed descriptions in the followingprocedure (4). Details are not described herein again in this embodimentof this application.

S303: The mobile phone B receives the first challenge code from theserver 100, and displays a third interface, where the third interface isused to request the user to confirm whether to accept the camera Xshared by the mobile phone A.

It can be understood that, when the mobile phone B receives the firstchallenge code, the mobile phone B may display an interface of the firstapp, or may display any one of an interface of another application, thelock screen interface, or a home screen of the mobile phone. Forexample, the mobile phone B displays the home screen. With reference tothe foregoing example, it is assumed that the first account is168975abc12, and a nickname of the first account is Len (Len). As shownin FIG. 7 , the mobile phone B may display prompt information 701 “Lenhas shared a camera with you. Do you accept it?”, a “Yes” button, and a“No” button on the home screen in a form of a notification message.

S304: In response to a third operation performed by the user on thethird interface, the mobile phone B generates a message leaving key Pomand a shared key Ps.

The third operation is used to indicate that the user accepts a camera(that is, the camera X) shared by Len. For example, the third operationmay be a tap operation (for example, a one-tap operation) performed bythe user on the “Yes” button. The method in this embodiment of thisapplication may further include: In response to a fourth operationperformed by the user on the third interface, the mobile phone B exitsthe third interface. The fourth operation is used to indicate that theuser does not accept the camera (that is, the camera X) shared by Len.For example, the fourth operation may be a tap operation (for example, aone-tap operation) performed by the user on the “No” button.

The message leaving key Pom is used to encrypt an offline messagebetween the mobile phone B and the mobile phone A. The shared key Ps isused to decrypt a shared block generated by the mobile phone B. Theshared block is obtained through encryption by using the shared key Ps.For example, the mobile phone B may randomly generate the messageleaving key Pom and the shared key Ps through the first app. Specificcontent of the shared block is described in S306.

S305: The mobile phone B encrypts a public key of the mobile phone B,the first challenge code, and the message leaving key Pom by using theshared key Ps, to obtain a shared block.

The public key of the mobile phone B is a public key of the secondaccount used for login of the first app on the mobile phone B, and aprivate key of the mobile phone B is a private key of the second accountused for login of the first app on the mobile phone B. The private keyof the mobile phone B is used to digitally sign an online message sentby the mobile phone B. The public key of the mobile phone B is used byanother device (for example, the mobile phone A) to perform signatureverification on an online message from the mobile phone B, to determinewhether the online message is tampered with.

S306: The mobile phone B sends the shared block to the server 100.

It can be understood that, because the shared key Ps is generated by themobile phone B and the server 100 cannot learn of the shared key Ps, theserver 100 cannot decrypt the shared block. In this case, the server 100cannot learn of the public key of the mobile phone B, the firstchallenge code, and the message leaving key Pom. The server 100 cannotlearn of the message leaving key Pom, and therefore cannot decrypt theoffline message between the mobile phone B and the mobile phone A. Inthis way, user information security can be protected.

It should be noted that the shared block in this embodiment of thisapplication is valid only once. Specifically, after generating theshared block and sending the shared block to the server 100, the mobilephone B may automatically delete the shared block. The server 100 mayalso automatically delete the shared block after any electronic device(for example, the mobile phone A) obtains (for example, downloads) theshared block from the server 100.

In addition, only a device that is logged in to by using a specifiedaccount (for example, the first account) can download the shared blockfrom the server 100. For example, the mobile phone B may furtherindicate, to the server 100, an account (for example, the first account)that can be used to download the shared block. In this way, the server100 determines whether the account that requests to download the sharedblock is the first account indicated by the mobile phone B. If theaccount that requests to download the shared block is the first account,the server 100 sends the shared block to the device that is logged in toby using the first account. If the account that requests to download theshared block is not the first account, the server 100 does not send theshared block to the device that is logged in to by using the account(that is, the account that requests to download the shared block). Inone embodiment, if the account that requests to download the sharedblock is not the first account, the server 100 may further automaticallydelete the shared block.

S307: The mobile phone B generates verification information, anddisplays the verification information, where the verificationinformation includes the second account and the shared key Ps.

For example, the verification information may be displayed in an imageform or a digital form. The image form may include any one of thefollowing forms: a two-dimensional code, a bar code, an electroniclabel, and the like. The digital form may be an electronic serial numberand the like. This is not specifically limited in this embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

For example, the verification information is a two-dimensional code.With reference to the foregoing example, in response to the tapoperation performed by the user on the “Yes” button, the mobile phone Bmay display a two-dimensional code shown in FIG. 8 . The second accountand the shared key Ps may be obtained by scanning the two-dimensionalcode. As shown in FIG. 8 , the mobile phone B may further display promptinformation “Please provide the two-dimensional code to Len!”.

It can be understood that, if the mobile phone A obtains theverification information, the mobile phone A may obtain the secondaccount and the shared key Ps by using the verification information.Then, the mobile phone A may obtain the shared block from the server 100based on the second account. Finally, the mobile phone A may decrypt theshared block by using the shared key Ps, to obtain the public key of themobile phone B, the first challenge code, and the message leaving keyPom. Specifically, after the procedure (3), the method in thisembodiment of this application may further include the procedure (4):

As shown in FIG. 6A-1 to FIG. 6A-3 , the procedure (4), that is, theprocedure in which the mobile phone A shares a key with the mobile phoneB and the camera X, may include S401 to S409.

S401: The mobile phone A obtains the verification information, andobtains the second account and the shared key Ps by using theverification information.

For example, the verification information is a two-dimensional code. Auser of the mobile phone B may directly present the foregoingtwo-dimensional code to the user of the mobile phone A, and the user ofthe mobile phone A operates the mobile phone A and scans thetwo-dimensional code. For example, the mobile phone A may scan thetwo-dimensional code by using a “scan” function in the first app.

Alternatively, the mobile phone B may receive a tap operation performedby the user on a “Share” button 801 shown in FIG. 8 . In response to thetap operation performed by the user on the “Share” button 801, themobile phone B may invoke the first app or an instant messagingapplication (such as WeChat or QQ) to send the two-dimensional code tothe mobile phone A.

After receiving the two-dimensional code, the mobile phone A may promptthe user to scan or recognize the two-dimensional code. For example, themobile phone A may display prompt information “Scan or recognize thetwo-dimensional code from 1589905782 8 to share the camera X” 901 shownin FIG. 9 . In response to a tap operation performed by the user on theprompt information 901, the mobile phone A may display a scanning orrecognition interface of the two-dimensional code after unlocking, sothat the user A operates the mobile phone A to scan or recognize thetwo-dimensional code.

S402: The mobile phone A obtains the shared block from the server 100based on the second account.

For example, the mobile phone A may send a shared block obtainingrequest including the second account to the server 100, to obtain theshared block from the server 100.

It can be understood that another device may also obtain the sharedblock from the server 100 based on the second account. However, theanother device does not learn of the shared key Ps, and therefore cannotdecrypt the shared block. Therefore, even if the another device obtainsthe shared block from the server 100, the another device cannot obtain apublic key, the first challenge code, and the message leaving key Pom inthe shared block. In this way, information security in the shared blockcan be protected.

S403: The mobile phone A decrypts the shared block by using the sharedkey Ps, to obtain the public key of the mobile phone B, the firstchallenge code, and the message leaving key Pom.

After obtaining the public key of the mobile phone B, the mobile phone Amay implement an online message with the mobile phone B. After obtainingthe message leaving key Pom of the mobile phone B, the mobile phone Acan implement an offline message with the mobile phone B. In this way,the mobile phone A may share related information of the camera X withthe mobile phone B by using an offline message, so as to implementoffline sharing of the camera X.

It can be learned from S203 in the procedure (2) that the first requestmessage sent by the mobile phone A to the server 100 is unencrypted.Therefore, the second challenge code in the first request message may betampered with by the server 100. If the server 100 tampers with thesecond challenge code in the first request message after receiving thefirst request message, the challenge code sent by the server 100 to themobile phone B in S302 is a tampered challenge code, in other words, thefirst challenge code is different from the second challenge code. Inthis case, to protect user information security and prevent the userinformation security from being affected after the camera X is shared,the mobile phone A may end the home device sharing procedure.Specifically, the method in this embodiment of this application furtherincludes S404.

S404: The mobile phone A determines whether the first challenge code isthe same as the second challenge code.

The mobile phone A may store the second account and the second challengecode generated for the second account. After performing S403 to obtainthe first challenge code, the mobile phone A may compare the secondchallenge code with the first challenge code to determine whether thetwo challenge codes are the same. If the two challenge codes are thesame, it indicates that the challenge code is not tampered with. If thetwo challenge codes are different, it indicates that the challenge codeis tampered with.

Specifically, if the first challenge code is different from the secondchallenge code (in other words, if the challenge code is tampered with),the mobile phone A may end the home device sharing process. If the firstchallenge code is the same as the second challenge code (in other words,if the challenge code is not tampered with), the mobile phone A mayperform S405. It should be noted that S404 is optional. The mobile phoneA may directly perform S405 without performing S404.

S405: The mobile phone A generates the message leaving key Pom.

The message leaving key Pmdis used to encrypt an offline message betweenthe mobile phone B and the camera X. After S405, the method in thisembodiment of this application further includes S406, S407, S408, andS409.

S406: The mobile phone A encrypts the public key of the mobile phone Band the message leaving key Pmd by using the message leaving key Pod, toobtain first encrypted information.

The mobile phone A may request the server 100 to push the firstencrypted information to the camera X. For example, the mobile phone Amay send a second request message to the server 100 to request theserver to push the first encrypted information to the camera X.

S407: The mobile phone A sends the second request message to the server100, where the second request message includes the first encryptedinformation, and the second request message is used to request theserver 100 to push the first encrypted information to the camera X.

The second request message may further include the identifier of thecamera X. In this way, in response to the second request message, theserver 100 may send the first encrypted information to the camera Xbased on the identifier of the camera X.

It can be understood that the message leaving key Pod is used to encryptan offline message between the mobile phone A and the camera X. Both themobile phone A and the camera X learn of the message key Pod, but theserver 100 does not learn of the message leaving key Pod. In this case,the server 100 cannot decode the first encrypted information, andtherefore cannot learn of the public key of the mobile phone B and themessage leaving key Pmd, so that user information security can beprotected.

In some other embodiments, to further protect the user informationsecurity, before encrypting the public key of the mobile phone B and themessage leaving key Pmd by using the message leaving key Pod, the mobilephone A may sign the public key of the mobile phone B and the messageleaving key Pmd by using the private key of the mobile phone A, and thenencrypt the signed information by using the message leaving key Pod, toobtain the first encrypted information.

In this embodiment, the camera X may decrypt the first encryptedinformation by using the message leaving key Pod, to obtain the publickey of the mobile phone B and the message leaving key Pmd. Then, thecamera X may perform signature verification on the public key of themobile phone B and the message leaving key Pmd by using the public keyof the mobile phone A, to determine whether the public key of the mobilephone B and the message leaving key Pmd are tampered with. In S108 ofthe procedure (1), the camera X obtains the public key of the mobilephone A.

S408: The mobile phone A encrypts the public key of the camera X, thepublic key of the mobile phone A, and the message leaving key Pmd byusing the message leaving key Pom, to obtain second encryptedinformation.

The mobile phone A may request the server 100 to push the secondencrypted information to the mobile phone B that is logged in to byusing the second account. For example, the mobile phone A may send athird request message to the server 100, where the third request messageincludes the second account and the second encrypted information.

S409: The mobile phone A sends the third request message to the server100, where the third request message includes the second account and thesecond encrypted information, and the third request message is used torequest the server 100 to send the second encrypted information to themobile phone B that is logged in to by using the second account.

It can be understood that the message leaving key Pom is used to encryptan offline message between the mobile phone A and the mobile phone B.Both the mobile phone A and the mobile phone B learn of the messageleaving key Pom, but the server 100 does not learn of the messageleaving key Pom. In this case, the server 100 cannot decode the secondencrypted information, and therefore cannot learn of the public key ofthe camera X, the public key of the mobile phone A, and the messageleaving key Pmd, so that user information security can be protected.

In one embodiment, after S407 and S409, the mobile phone A may furthersend fifth prompt information. The fifth prompt information is used toprompt the user that the camera X is successfully shared. For example,the mobile phone A may display fifth prompt information 1001 “The camerais shared successfully!” shown in FIG. 10 .

It can be understood that, after S407 and S409, the server 100 may sendthe public key of the camera X and the message leaving key Pmd to themobile phone B, and send the public key of the mobile phone B and themessage leaving key Pmd to the camera X. In this way, the mobile phone Band the camera X may learn of the respective public keys and the messageleaving key Pmd that is used to encrypt an offline message, so that themobile phone B can send an online message or an offline message to thecamera X. Therefore, the mobile phone B can control the camera X byusing an online message or an offline message.

Specifically, after the procedure (4), the method in this embodiment ofthis application may further include the procedure (5): In the procedure(5), the mobile phone B and the camera X may learn of the respectivepublic keys and the message leaving key Pmd that is used to encrypt anoffline message.

As shown in FIG. 11A to FIG. 11C, the procedure (5), that is, theprocedure in which the mobile phone B and the camera X obtain the key tocomplete the device sharing may include S501 to S504.

S501: The server 100 sends the first encrypted information to the cameraX after the camera X goes online.

That the camera X goes online means that the camera X is powered on andconnected to a network (for example, the second wireless network). Insome other embodiments, after the camera X goes online, the camera X mayfurther actively obtain, from the server 100, an offline message (forexample, the first encrypted information) sent by another device to thecamera X.

S502: The camera X receives the first encrypted information, anddecrypts the first encrypted information by using the message leavingkey Pod, to obtain the public key of the mobile phone B and the messageleaving key Pmd.

After obtaining the public key of the mobile phone B, the camera X mayperform signature verification on an online message from the mobilephone B. After obtaining the message leaving key Pmd, the camera X maydecrypt an offline message from the mobile phone B and perform offlinecommunication with the mobile phone B.

S503: The server 100 sends the second encrypted information to themobile phone B after the mobile phone B goes online.

For detailed descriptions of going online of the mobile phone B, referto the content in S301 and S302. Details are not described herein againin this embodiment of this application. In some other embodiments, aftergoing online, the mobile phone B may further actively obtain, from theserver 100, an offline message (for example, the second encryptedinformation) sent by another device to the mobile phone B.

S504: The mobile phone B receives the second encrypted information, anddecrypts the second encrypted information by using the message leavingkey Pom, to obtain the public key of the camera X, the public key of themobile phone A, and the message leaving key Pmd.

After obtaining the public key of the camera X, the mobile phone B mayperform signature verification on an online message from the camera X.After obtaining the message leaving key Pmd, the mobile phone B maydecrypt the offline message from the camera X and perform offlinecommunication with the camera X.

In conclusion, after the mobile phone B and the camera X may learn ofthe respective public keys and the message leaving key Pmd that is usedto encrypt an offline message, the mobile phone B and the camera X mayperform offline communication. In this case, the mobile phone B obtainscontrol of the camera X, and the user can control the camera X on themobile phone B that is logged in to by using the second account.

It should be noted that the message leaving key Pmd is generated by themobile phone A, for example, is generated by the mobile phone A byperforming S405. The mobile phone A transmits the message key Pmd to themobile phone B and the camera X through encryption. For example, themessage leaving key Pmd sent by the mobile phone A to the mobile phone Bis encrypted by using the message leaving key Pom, and the messageleaving key Pmd sent by the mobile phone A to the camera X is encryptedby using the message leaving key Pod. Therefore, if the server 100 doesnot learn of the message leaving key Pom and the message leaving keyPod, the server 100 cannot learn of the message leaving key Pmd. In thiscase, the server 100 cannot decrypt the offline message between themobile phone B and the camera X either, so that user informationsecurity can be protected.

In one embodiment, after the mobile phone B obtains the public key ofthe camera X, the public key of the mobile phone A, and the messageleaving key Pmd (that is, S504), the method in this embodiment of thisapplication may further include: The mobile phone B sends sixth promptinformation. The sixth prompt information is used to prompt the userthat the mobile phone B has obtained control of the camera X, and themobile phone B can control the camera X.

In this embodiment of this application, first, in the process in whichthe mobile phone A is bound to the camera X, the mobile phone A mayexchange the respective public keys with the camera X, and determine themessage leaving key Pod used to encrypt the offline message between themobile phone A and the camera X. Then, the mobile phone A may exchangethe respective public keys with the mobile phone B by using the server100, and determine the message leaving key Pod used to encrypt theoffline message between the mobile phone A and the mobile phone B.Finally, the mobile phone A may indicate the public key of the camera Xand the message leaving key Pmd (used to encrypt the offline messagebetween the mobile phone B and the camera X) to the mobile phone B, andindicate the public key of the mobile phone B and the message leavingkey Pmd to the camera X.

In this way, the mobile phone B and the camera X may learn of therespective public keys and the message leaving key Pmd, and may performoffline communication, so that the mobile phone B obtains control of thecamera X. In conclusion, this solution can implement offline sharing ofa home device (for example, the camera X), and can further improveinformation security in the home device sharing process.

In some embodiments, both the public key of the camera X and the messageleaving key Pod may be used to help the user to log in to differentdevices by using the first account. After obtaining the public key ofthe camera X and the message leaving key Pod, the mobile phone A mayencrypt the public key of the camera X and the message leaving key Podby using an account data key of the first account, and request theserver 100 to store encrypted information based on the identifier of thecamera X. In this way, when the user logs in to different devices byusing the first account, each device that is logged in to by using thefirst account may obtain the public key of the camera X and the messageleaving key Pod from the server 100.

Similarly, after obtaining the public key of the mobile phone B and themessage leaving key Pom, the mobile phone A encrypts the public key ofthe mobile phone B (that is, the public key of the second account) andthe message leaving key Pom by using the account data key of the firstaccount, and requests the server 100 to store encrypted informationbased on the second account. In this way, when the user logs in todifferent devices by using the first account, each device that is loggedin to by using the first account may obtain the public key of the mobilephone B and the message leaving key Pom from the server 100.

After generating the foregoing challenge code, the mobile phone A mayalso encrypt the challenge code by using the account data key of thefirst account, and request the server 100 to store encrypted challengecode based on the first account. The server 100 may store the encryptedchallenge code based on the first account. In this way, when the userlogs in to different devices by using the first account, each devicethat is logged in to by using the first account may obtain the challengecode from the server 100, and share a home device by using the challengecode.

The account data key of the first account is used to encrypt datarelated to the first account that is stored in the server 100. Theaccount data key is generated by the mobile phone A or set by the user.

It should be noted that the account data key is not the login passwordfor the first account. However, the account data key may be the same asthe login password for the first account. For example, for ease ofmemorization, the user may set the account data key to be the same asthe login password for the first account. Certainly, the account datakey may alternatively be different from the login password for the firstaccount. This is not limited in this embodiment of this application.

Certainly, the public key of the camera X, the message leaving key Pmd,the public key of the mobile phone A, and the message leaving key Pomall may be used to help the user to log in to different devices by usingthe second account. After obtaining the public key of the camera X andthe message leaving key Pmd, the mobile phone A may encrypt the publickey of the camera X and the message leaving key Pmd by using the accountdata key of the first account, and request the server 100 to storeencrypted information based on the identifier of the camera X. Afterobtaining the public key of the mobile phone A and the message leavingkey Pom, the mobile phone A may encrypt the public key of the mobilephone A and the message leaving key Pom by using the account data key ofthe first account, and request the server 100 to store encryptedinformation based on the first account.

For detailed descriptions of the account data key of the second account,refer to the descriptions of the account data key of the first accountin this embodiment of this application. Details are not described hereinagain in this embodiment of this application.

Some other embodiments of this application provide an electronic device(the electronic device 200 shown in FIG. 2 ). The electronic device mayinclude a communications module, a memory, and one or more processors.The communications module, the memory, and the processor are coupled.The memory is configured to store computer program code, where thecomputer program code includes computer instructions.

The electronic device may be a first device or a second device. When theelectronic device is the first device, and the processor executes thecomputer instructions, the first device may perform the functions or theoperations performed by the mobile phone A in the foregoing methodembodiments. When the electronic device is the second device, and theprocessor executes the computer instructions, the second device mayperform the functions or the operations performed by the mobile phone Bin the foregoing method embodiments. For a structure of the electronicdevice, refer to the structure of the electronic device 200 shown inFIG. 2 .

Another embodiment of this application provides a home device, and thehome device is a first home device. As shown in FIG. 12 , the homedevice 1200 includes a communications module 1203, a memory 1202, andone or more processors 1201. The communications module 1203, the memory1202, and the processor 1201 are coupled. For example, thecommunications module 1203 may be a Wi-Fi module.

The memory 1202 is configured to store computer program code, where thecomputer program code includes computer instructions. When the computerinstructions are executed by the processor 1201, the home device 1200 isenabled to perform the functions or operations performed by the camera Xin the foregoing method embodiment.

Another embodiment of this application provides a server. As shown inFIG. 13 , the server 1300 includes a communications module 1303, amemory 1302, and one or more processors 1301. The communications module1303, the memory 1302, and the processor 1301 are coupled. The memory1302 is configured to store computer program code, where the computerprogram code includes computer instructions. When the computerinstructions are executed by the processor 1301, the server 1300 isenabled to perform the functions or operations performed by the server100 in the foregoing method embodiment.

Another embodiment of this application provides a chip system. As shownin FIG. 14 , the chip system 1400 includes at least one processor 1401and at least one interface circuit 1402. The processor 1401 and theinterface circuit 1402 may be connected to each other through a line.For example, the interface circuit 1402 may be configured to receive asignal from another apparatus (for example, a memory in an electronicdevice, a memory in a home device, or a memory in a server). For anotherexample, the interface circuit 1402 may be configured to send a signalto another apparatus (for example, the processor 1401).

For example, the interface circuit 1402 may read instructions stored inthe memory in the electronic device, and send the instructions to theprocessor 1401. When the instructions are executed by the processor1401, the electronic device (for example, the electronic device 200shown in FIG. 2 ) is enabled to perform the operations in the foregoingembodiment.

For another example, the interface circuit 1402 may read instructionsstored in the memory in the home device, and send the instructions tothe processor 1401. When the instructions are executed by the processor1401, the home device (for example, the home device 1200 shown in FIG.12 ) is enabled to perform the operations in the foregoing embodiment.

For another example, the interface circuit 1402 may read instructionsstored in the memory in the server, and send the instructions to theprocessor 1401. When the instructions are executed by the processor1401, the server (for example, the server 1300 shown in FIG. 13 ) isenabled to perform the operations in the foregoing embodiment.

Certainly, the chip system may further include another discrete device.This is not specifically limited in this embodiment of this application.

An embodiment of this application further provides a computer-readablestorage medium. The computer-readable storage medium includes computerinstructions. When the computer instructions are run on an electronicdevice (for example, the electronic device 200 shown in FIG. 2 ), theelectronic device is enabled to perform the functions or operationsperformed by the mobile phone A or the mobile phone B in the foregoingmethod embodiment.

An embodiment of this application further provides a computer programproduct. When the computer program product is run on a computer, thecomputer is enabled to perform the functions or operations performed bythe mobile phone A or the mobile phone B in the foregoing methodembodiment.

An embodiment of this application further provides a computer-readablestorage medium. The computer-readable storage medium includes computerinstructions. When the computer instructions are run on a home device(for example, the home device 1200 shown in FIG. 12 ), the home deviceis enabled to perform the functions or operations performed by thecamera X in the foregoing method embodiment.

An embodiment of this application further provides a computer programproduct. When the computer program product is run on a computer, thecomputer is enabled to perform the functions or operations performed bythe camera X in the foregoing method embodiment.

An embodiment of this application further provides a computer-readablestorage medium. The computer-readable storage medium includes computerinstructions. When the computer instructions are run on a server (forexample, the server 1300 shown in FIG. 13 ), the server is enabled toperform the functions or operations performed by the server 100 in theforegoing method embodiment.

An embodiment of this application further provides a computer programproduct. When the computer program product is run on a computer, thecomputer is enabled to perform the functions or operations performed bythe server 100 in the foregoing method embodiment.

The foregoing descriptions about the implementations allow a personskilled in the art to clearly understand that, for convenient and briefdescription, division of the foregoing function modules is used as anexample for illustration. During actual application, the foregoingfunctions can be allocated to different function modules and implementedaccording to a requirement, in other words, an inner structure of anapparatus is divided into different function modules to implement all orsome of the functions described above.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should beunderstood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented inother manners. For example, the described apparatus embodiments aremerely examples. For example, division into the modules or units ismerely logical function division, and may be another division duringactual implementation. For example, a plurality of units or componentsmay be combined or may be integrated into another apparatus, or somefeatures may be ignored or not be performed. In addition, the displayedor discussed mutual couplings or direct couplings or communicationconnections may be implemented through some interfaces. The indirectcouplings or communication connections between the apparatuses or unitsmay be implemented in electrical, mechanical, or other forms.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physicallyseparate, and components displayed as units may be one or more physicalunits, in other words, may be located in one place, or may bedistributed on a plurality of different places. Some or all of the unitsmay be selected according to actual requirements to achieve theobjectives of the solutions of the embodiments.

In addition, function units in the embodiments of this application maybe integrated into one processing unit, or each of the units may existalone physically, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.The integrated unit may be implemented in a form of hardware, or may beimplemented in a form of a software functional unit.

When the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a softwarefunctional unit and sold or used as an independent product, theintegrated unit may be stored in a readable storage medium. Based onsuch an understanding, the technical solutions in the embodiments ofthis application essentially, or the part contributing to the prior art,or all or some of the technical solutions may be implemented in a formof a software product. The software product is stored in a storagemedium and includes several instructions for instructing a device (whichmay be a single-chip microcomputer, a chip, or the like) or a processorto perform all or some of the operations of the methods described in theembodiments of this application. The foregoing storage medium includesany medium that can store program code, such as a USB flash drive, aremovable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory(RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.

The foregoing descriptions are merely specific implementations of thisapplication, but are not intended to limit the protection scope of thisapplication. Any variation or replacement within the technical scopedisclosed in this application shall fall within the protection scope ofthis application. Therefore, the protection scope of this applicationshall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

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 40. A first device, comprising a communicationsmodule; a memory; and one or more processors, wherein the communicationsmodule, the memory, and the one or more processors are coupled, whereinthe memory is configured to store computer program code comprisingcomputer instructions, which when executed by the one or moreprocessors, cause the first device to: obtain a first message leavingkey, wherein the first message leaving key is used to encrypt an offlinemessage between the first device and a first home device; obtain apublic key of the first home device, wherein the public key of the firsthome device is used to perform verification on an online message fromthe first home device; obtain a second message leaving key and a publickey of a second account, wherein the second message leaving key is usedto encrypt an offline message between the first device and a seconddevice, wherein the second account is an account associated with a firstapplication installed on the second device, wherein the first app isinstalled on the first device, wherein the first app is logged in to byusing a first account, and wherein the public key of the second accountis used to perform verification on an online message from the seconddevice; obtain a third message leaving key, wherein the third messageleaving key is used to encrypt an offline message between the seconddevice and the first home device; encrypt the public key of the secondaccount and the third message leaving key by using the first messageleaving key, to obtain first encrypted information, and requesting aserver to push the first encrypted information to the first home device;and encrypt the public key of the first home device and the thirdmessage leaving key by using the second message leaving key, to obtainsecond encrypted information, and requesting the server to push thesecond encrypted information to the second device.
 41. The first deviceaccording to claim 40, wherein the first device is further to: access afirst wireless network provided by the first home device; negotiate ashared key with the first home device over the first wireless network byusing a password authenticated key exchange (PAKE) protocol; receivethird encrypted information from the first home device over the firstwireless network, wherein the third encrypted information is obtained byencrypting the public key of the first home device by using the sharedkey; and decrypt the third encrypted information by using the sharedkey, to obtain the public key of the first home device.
 42. The firstdevice according to claim 41, wherein the first device is further to:generate the first message leaving key; encrypt a public key of thefirst account, the first message leaving key, and access information ofa second wireless network by using the shared key, to obtain fourthencrypted information, wherein the access information comprises anidentifier and an access password of the second wireless network, andthe public key of the first account is used to perform verification onan online message from the first device; and send the fourth encryptedinformation to the first home device over the first wireless network.43. The first device according to claim 40, wherein the first device isfurther to: obtain verification information of the second device,wherein the verification information comprises the second account and ashared key; obtain a shared block from the server based on the secondaccount, wherein the shared block is obtained by the second device byencrypting the public key of the second account and the second messageleaving key by using the shared key, and is uploaded to the server; anddecrypt the shared block by using the shared key, to obtain the publickey of the second account and the second message leaving key.
 44. Thefirst device according to claim 43, wherein the first device furthercomprises a display; and wherein the first device is further to: displaya first interface of the first app, wherein the first interface is usedto manage one or more home devices; receive a first operation performedby a user on the first interface, wherein the first operation is used totrigger the first device to share the first home device with the seconddevice; and in response to the first operation, send a first requestmessage, to the server, to request the server to indicate the seconddevice to generate the verification information and upload the sharedblock to the server.
 45. The first device according to claim 44, whereinthe shared block further comprises a first challenge code; and whereinthe first device is further to: decrypt the shared block by using theshared key, to obtain the first challenge code; determine whether thefirst challenge code is the same as a second challenge code generated bythe first device for the second account; and in response to that thefirst challenge code is the same as the second challenge code, generatethe third message leaving key.
 46. The first device according to claim44, wherein the first device is further to: in response to the firstoperation, generate a second challenge code for the second account,wherein the first request message further comprises the second challengecode.
 47. A second device, comprising a first application app isinstalled on the second device, and the first app is logged in to byusing a second account; and a communications module; a memory; and oneor more processors, wherein the communications module, the memory, andthe one or more processors are coupled, wherein the memory is configuredto store computer program code comprising computer instructions, whichwhen executed by the one or more processors, cause the second device to:obtain a second message leaving key, wherein the second message leavingkey is used to encrypt an offline message between a first device and thesecond device; receive second encrypted information from a server,wherein the second encrypted information is obtained by encrypting apublic key of a first home device and a third message leaving key byusing the second message leaving key, wherein the public key of thefirst home device is used to perform verification on an online messagefrom the first home device, and wherein the third message leaving key isused to encrypt an offline message between the second device and thefirst home device; and decrypt the second encrypted information by usingthe second message leaving key, to obtain the public key of the firsthome device and the third message leaving key.
 48. The electronic deviceaccording to claim 47, wherein, the second device is further to: receivea first challenge code from the server; and generate the second messageleaving key.
 49. The electronic device according to claim 48, whereinthe second device is further to: generate a shared key after receivingthe first challenge code from the server; encrypt a public key of thesecond account, the first challenge code, and the second message leavingkey by using the shared key, to obtain a shared block; and send theshared block to the server.
 50. The electronic device according to claim49, wherein the second device is further to: after receiving the firstchallenge code from the server, generate verification information, anddisplay the verification information comprising the second account andthe shared key; and wherein the verification information comprises atleast one of a two-dimensional code, a bar code, or an electronic label.51. A first home device, comprising a communications module; a memory;and one or more processors, wherein the communications module, thememory, and the one or more processors are coupled, the memory isconfigured to store computer program code comprising computerinstructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, causethe first home device to: obtain a first message leaving key, whereinthe first message leaving key is used to encrypt an offline messagebetween a first device and the first home device; receive firstencrypted information from a server, wherein the first encryptedinformation is obtained by encrypting a public key of a second accountand a third message leaving key by using the first message leaving key,wherein the second account is an account associated with a firstapplication (app) installed on a second device, wherein the public keyof the second account is used to perform verification on an onlinemessage from the second device, and wherein the third message leavingkey is used to encrypt an offline message between the second device andthe first home device; and decrypt the first encrypted information byusing the first message leaving key, to obtain the public key of thesecond account and the third message leaving key.
 52. The home deviceaccording to claim 51, wherein the first home device is further to:provide a first wireless network, and allowing the first device toaccess the first wireless network; negotiate a shared key with the firstdevice over the first wireless network by using a password authenticatedkey exchange (PAKE) protocol; receive fourth encrypted information fromthe first device over the first wireless network, wherein the fourthencrypted information is encrypted by using the shared key, and whereinthe fourth encrypted information comprises the first message leavingkey; and decrypt the fourth encrypted information by using the sharedkey, to obtain the first message leaving key.
 53. A server comprising acommunications module; a memory; and one or more processors, wherein thecommunications module, the memory, and the processor are coupled, thememory is configured to store computer program code comprising computerinstructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the server to:receive a second request message from a first device, wherein the secondrequest message comprises first encrypted information and an identifierof a first home device, wherein the first encrypted information isobtained by encrypting a public key of a second account and a thirdmessage leaving key, wherein the third message leaving key is used toencrypt an offline message between a second device that is logged in toby using the second account and the first home device, wherein thesecond account is an account associated with a first application (app)installed on the second device, and wherein the public key of the secondaccount is used to perform verification on an online message from thesecond device; in response to the second request message, send the firstencrypted information to the first home device; receive a third requestmessage from the first device, wherein the third request messagecomprises second encrypted information and the second account, whereinthe second encrypted information is obtained by encrypting a public keyof the first home device and the third message leaving key, and whereinthe public key of the first home device is used to perform verificationon an online message from the first home device; and in response to thethird request message, send the second encrypted information to thesecond device after the first application app of the second device islogged in to by using the second account.
 54. The server according toclaim 53, wherein the first encrypted information is obtained byencrypting the public key of the second account and the third messageleaving key by using a second message leaving key; and wherein theserver is further to: before receiving the third request message fromthe first device, receive a shared block from the second device, andstore the shared block based on the second account, wherein the sharedblock is encrypted, and wherein the shared block comprises a public keyof the second device and the second message leaving key; receive anobtaining request from the first device, wherein the obtaining requestis used to obtain the shared block corresponding to the second account;and in response to the obtaining request, send the shared block to thefirst device.